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Wild and Crazy Guys
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jul 11, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:50:30

Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Belushi, John Candy, Rick Moranis.

Animal HouseThe Blues BrothersBeverly Hills CopCaddyshackGhost Busters¡Three Amigos!Funny FarmSpaceballsStripes.

We maybe didn't properly appreciate it at the time, but the 1980s were one of the most fertile periods ever for screen comedies and screen comedians.

This hour, a look at the mavericks who shaped a whole comedy aesthetic... and at some of the most popular movie comedies ever made.

GUESTS:

  • Nick de Semlyen - Features editor for Empire magazine and the author of Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
  • Daniel Kalwhite - A standup comedian based in New Haven
  • Carolyn Paine - A standup comedian, an actress, and a dancer

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Colin McEnroe contributed to this show.

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