Our highly successful program, “Bud Abbott: The Forgotten Funnyman” was very well received throughout the past year. We thank you for your support and kind words.

Yes, the Abbott and Costello Story is still available, but in response to numerous requests from audience members and our clients we have developed several new programs exploring the subject of pop culture comedy in the 20th Century.

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Comic Legends Eddie Cantor, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, George Burns, Red Skelton, and Danny Kaye were an integral part of the 20th Century’s entertainment landscape. 

They were just a handful of gifted performers who adapted seamlessly to new opportunities, technologies and challenges. They moved effortlessly from burlesque to vaudeville to radio to television and movies. 

Following in the footsteps of our Abbott and Costello retrospective, this year we are examining the careers of two American Icons in one dynamic program.

Jack Benny was the acknowledged master of comedic timing.

Bob Hope was the acknowledged master of comedic timing.

Yet their comedy styles were polar opposites of one another.

Benny excelled in delivering his material with ease; he could do more with a gesture than most comedians could do with an entire monologue.

From the early days of his illustrious career Hope’s style was that of the brash, fast talking comedian. His quick wit and self-deprecating humor made Bob Hope America’s most celebrated and decorated comedian of our time. Opposite styles with one common result: they were two very funny men! Relive their lives and their humor in this entertaining examination of two of America’s most beloved Comedy Icons.

The Dick Van Dyke Show

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Everybody Loves Raymond

LI natives Ray Romano and Show Producer Phil Rosenthal both proudly proclaim they modeled their successful series on Carl Reiner’s 1960s classic.

All in the Family

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The Honeymooners

Funnyman Jackie Gleason was originally approached by All in the Family creator Norman Lear to portray the bigoted loud mouth Archie Bunker. Explore how both programs became ground-breaking comedy classics in two opposite directions.

The Andy Griffith Show

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M*A*S*H

The homespun good natured humor of Mayberry’s favorite country sheriff and his deputy versus the wise cracking doctors of the 4077th in Korea. The similarities between the two programs will intrigue and delight you.