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Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Comedy College - Lessons in Laughter


I just discovered this half-hour weekly, produced in 2003-04 by Garrison Keillor and Tiffany Hanssen, profiling some of comedy's great talents and many deserving wider recognition. From Lucille Ball and Jack Benny to Moms Mabley and Betty Walker, each half hour is an opportunity to experience the evolution of stand-up's golden age.

I'm just glad someone took the time and effort to highlight Betty Walker's phone humor - my kind of comedy, right up there with Newhart and Hudson and Landry! Not sure if the show's still on the air, but the archive is available at:

http://comedycollege.publicradio.org/index.html

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