Laughter on the 23rd floor / by Neil Simon
- Bib ID:
- 553049
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Simon, Neil
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Random House, c1995
- 114 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0679439064 (acid-free paper)
- Summary:
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Set in 1953, Neil Simon's "flat-out funniest play in years" (Dennis Cunningham, CBS-TV) re-creates the mayhem, neuroses, nonstop gags, and constant one-upmanship of a team of brilliantly funny social misfits as they write The Max Prince Show, a weekly variety program. Among the crew are Milt, the insult artist; Ira, the hypochondriac whose dream is to have a virus named after him; and Val, a Russian emigre who takes a Berlitz course so he can curse without an accent. They are devoted to their boss, Max, a comic genius, a tyrant, and a paranoiac with a heart of gold. But his penchant for tippling and popping too many pills is growing under the pressures of a rising McCarthyism, network executives, and sponsors who want him to cut back his "too-smart" show and staff so that they can chase after the Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best audience.
- Subject:
- Television comedy writers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
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