Late night with David Letterman : the book / edited by Merrill Markoe ; written by Andy Breckman [and others].

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Late night with David Letterman.

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Male sexuality in a(d)dress : post-Stonewall gay camp in mainstream film and television / by Kenneth Jonathan Feil. by Feil, Kenneth Jonathan

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Penn & Teller get killed / Lorimar Film Entertainment ; an Arthur Penn film.

And here's the kicker : conversations with 21 top humor writers on their craft / Mike Sacks. by Sacks, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Buck Henry (Get Smart, The graduate, Catch-22, To die for) -- Stephen Merchant (The office, Extras) -- Harold Ramis (National lampoon's Animal house, Caddyshack, Groundhog day) -- Dan Mazer (Da Ali G show, Borat, Bruno) -- Merrill Markoe (Late night with David Letterman) -- Paul Feig (Freaks and geeks, Kick me, Superstud) -- Irving Brecher (The Wizard of Oz, At the circus, Go west, Meet me in St. …”

Poking a dead frog : conversations with today's top comedy writers / Mike Sacks. by Sacks, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Show, Best Week Ever, Bob's Burgers) -- Interview: Adam McKay (Saturday Night Live, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers) -- Two hundred essential movies every comedy writer should see / Bill Hader -- Pure, hard-core advice / Scott Jacobson (The Daily Show, Bob's Burgers) -- Interview: Bruce Jay Friedman (Stern, The Heartbreak Kid, Stir Crazy, Splash) -- Writing jokes for award shows / Bruce Vilanch -- Pure, hard-core advice / Kay Cannon (30 Rock, New Girl, Pitch Perfect) -- Interview: Carol Kolb (The Onion, Community) -- Choosing headlines at The Onion / Will Tracy -- Pure, hard-core advice / Gabe Delahaye (Videogum, This American Life, Funny or Die) -- Interview: Glen Charles (Taxi, Cheers) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron, Maron, Conan, Late Show with David Letterman) -- Interview: George Saunders (Pastoralia, In Persuasion Nation, Tenth of December) -- Finding a literary agent for your humor book / Byrd Leavell (Waxman Leavell Literary Agency) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Dave Hill (The New York Times, This American Life, Tasteful Nudes) -- Interview: Tom Scharpling (The Best Show on WFMU, Monk) -- Writing for radio / Bob Elliott (Bob & Ray) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation) -- Interview: Roz Chast (The New Yorker) -- How to be funny as a journalist / Henry Alford, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Patton Oswalt (Feelin' Kind of Patton, Big Fan, Young Adult, Zombie Spaceship, Wasteland, Silver Screen Fiend) -- Interview: Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, David Boring, Eightball, Wilson) -- Writing humor for children / Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Anthony Jeselnik (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Jeselnik Offensive) -- Interview: Adam Resnick (Late Night with David Letterman, Get a Life, Cabin Boy) -- Writing a TV-series bible / Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, Bridesmaids, The Heat) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras, An Idiot Abroad, Hello Ladies) -- Dan Guterman (The Onion, Colbert Report, Community) -- Working as a Hollywood script doctor / Alan Spencer -- Pure, hard-core advice / Mike DiCenzo (The Onion, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) -- Interview: Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) -- The end: what laughter looks like / Edward Jessen.…”
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Television talk : a history of the TV talk show / Bernard M. Timberg, with Robert J. Erler ; introduction by Horace Newcomb. by Timberg, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…CLOSE-UP: LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN -- ''AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE'': The Genesis of ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel -- CLOSE-UP: NEWS TALK, ENTERTAINMENT TALK, AND THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR REACTOR DISASTER OF 1986 -- NEW HOSTS, NEW AUDIENCES -- JOAN RIVERS AND THE LATE-NIGHT TALK-SHOW WARS OF 1986-1987 -- OPRAH WINFREY -- GERALDO RIVERA -- ARSENIO HALL -- NEW CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE POWER OF TV TALK -- EIGHT: THE FIFTH CYCLE (1990-1995): News as Entertainment -- INTRODUCTION -- LENO, LETTERMAN, AND THE LATE-NIGHT TALK-SHOW WARS (1992-1995).…”
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