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This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that continue to bend the boundaries of comedy today. Chronically serious? Prepare to be cured by this collection of revealing profiles and interviews with some of the funniest personalities ever. Featuring Charlie ChaplinBuster KeatonGroucho MarxSid CaesarErnie KovacsBob and RayImogene CocaMel BrooksCarl ReinerBob NewhartJonathan WintersBill CosbyPhyllis DillerJoan RiversJerry SeinfeldConan O'BrienAmy PoehlerMargaret ChoJim GaffiganSarah Silverman

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This radio program offers an audio history of comedians from yesteryear to the present day, through a series of interviews by various NPR reporters. The production is tied together by host Ophira Eisenberg, who creates a smooth transition between each interview. The program is dryly humorous, mainly talking about the inner workings of the comedians' comedy, with a few short sound clips of their acts interspersed. The history begins in the 1950s, with interviews of authors who wrote about such comedians as Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx. The later interviews with actual comedians, such as Carl Reiner and Jim Gaffigan, are more engaging. Some of the comedians listed as being featured actually give only a single comment about another comic. -- AudioFile

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NPR is a mission-driven, multimedia news organization and radio program producer of news, talk, music, and entertainment programs with a strong base of member stations and supporters nationwide. Since 1971, NPR and its journalists and programs have won hundreds of awards, including some of the most prestigious honors in journalism. Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian and the host of NPR's and WNYC's game show Ask Me Another. She performed on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and has appeared on Comedy Central, VH-1, Today, TV Guide Channel's Standup In Stilettos, Fox, E! Channel, CNN, Oxygen Network, and the AXS Network. Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian and the host of NPR's and WNYC's game show Ask Me Another. She performed on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and has appeared on Comedy Central, VH-1, Today, TV Guide Channel's Standup In Stilettos, Fox, E! Channel, CNN, Oxygen Network, and the AXS Network. Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian and the host of NPR's and WNYC's game show Ask Me Another. She performed on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and has appeared on Comedy Central, VH-1, Today, TV Guide Channel's Standup In Stilettos, Fox, E! Channel, CNN, Oxygen Network, and the AXS Network.

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