Thursday, December 31, 2009

Irving Brecher book

Just got a book by comedy writer Irving Brecher as told to Hank Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld and Brecher's wife, Norma, were on my radio show. Reading the book I found that Irving was friends with my cousin, Sid Tomack many years ago and cast him in both a Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis movie and Sail A Crocked Ship. Tomack was also a character in The Life Of Riley.
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  1. FloJanuary 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    The book you mention is "THE WICKED WIT OF THE WEST: The last great Golden Age screenwriter shares the hilarity and heartaches of working with Groucho, Garland, Gleason, Burns, Berle, Benny & many more." If you love comedy and showbiz history, you'll love this book. Brecher wrote two Marx Brothers films solo (the only person to do so), wrote "Meet Me in St. Louis," created, wrote and produced "The Life of Riley," and wrote "Bye Bye Birdie." Brecher died in Nov. 2008 at 94 -- and was funny until the last!

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