Personal Name:
Thomas, Mike.
Imprint:New York : Villard, 2009.
Physical Description272 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:1959/61 Coffee and comedy, Hanging with Hef, and The birth of a sensation / Alan Arkin, Barbara Harris, Paul Sills -- 1961/68 Big Apple bound, Naked sonatas, and The reign of King David / Robert Klein, Joan Rivers, David Steinberg, Fred Willard -- 1967/74 How to speak hippie, Return of the guru, and a Bowl full of fuck / John Belushi, Del Close, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Betty Thomas -- 1973/78 Livin' large with Johnny Toronto, The fury of Murray, and Taking off in the great white north / Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Dave Thomas -- 1975/84 SCTV: Count Floyd, Johnny LaRue, and a Couple of Hosers, Eh / John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas -- 1975/80 Saturday Night Live, the Brothers Belushi, and a Mom away from mom / Jim Belushi, Tim Kazurinsky, Shelley Long, George Wendt -- 1975/85 Mummy opium, Death of a hero, and The end of an era / Dan Castellaneta, Mary Gross, Richard Kind -- 1978/91 Triumphs in Toronto, Shake-ups in Chicago, and a Van Down by the River / Chris Farley, Bonnie Hunt, Mike Meyers -- 1988/95 Out with the old, In with the new, and a Sweet talker in sweatpants / Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris -- 1995/2007 Renaissance on Wells Street, Chaos in Canada, and the Falls of giants / Scott Adsit, Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Jack McBrayer -- 2007/PRESENT Offing Obama, Liberal Leanings, and a Still-Beating Heart -- Epilogue.
