Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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No Applause ~ Just Throw Money
The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous
| Author: | Trav S. D. |
|---|---|
| Hardback: | 344 pages |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber (2005) |
| Avg. Rating: |  [ Unrated ] |
| ISBN: | 0571211925 |
| In Print? | No |
Hundreds of performers are covered, and Ted Healy is no exception. Several pages discuss Mr. Healy's contributions to vaudeville, and his connection to the Three Stooges.
From the back cover...
"Peeling back the curtain on vaudeville's history and impact -- past, present and future -- writer and modern-day vaudevillian Trav S. D. explores the many ways in which vaudeville's story is the story of show business in America. He documents in detail the rich evolution of an art form that gave us performers such as Groucho Marx, Harry Houdini, Mae West and Milton Berle, while pointing up the many ways the vaudeville ethos persists today, from such acts as Penn & Teller, David Blaine and Marilyn Manson to the vast grassroots network of fire-eaters, human blockheads, burlesque performers, and corny comics intent on taking America's only indigenious theatrical style into its second century."
Also available in a softbound edition, released in 2006.
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