Interview "Weird Al" Yankovic with Emerson College In his one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, “Weird Al” Yankovic talks about his early years, and his first break, getting his music played on the “Dr. Demento” radio show. He describes the types of parodies he does, and how he tends to stay away from satire and...
Interview Irwin Corey with Emerson College In his hour-and-a-half interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Irwin Corey (1914-2017) talks about his status as “the world’s foremost authority” and his comedy style. He discusses the then-current state of comedy on television, and the signature comedy of various performers...
Interview Chuck McCann with Emerson College In his two-and-a-half hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Chuck McCann (1934-2018) talks about his early life, and seeing many performers on stage as a child, including Danny Thomas and Abbott and Costello, due to his father being a musician. He speaks of his early...
Interview Budd Friedman with Emerson College In his one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Budd Friedman talks about opening his comedy club, the Improv in New York City, and discovering Andy Kaufman. He recalls several luminaires who worked at his club, including Bette Midler, Milton Berle, Eddie Murphy,...
Blog Post And the 2019 Emmy Nominees Are... See which of our interviewees are among this year's nominees!
Show Emmy Awards, The: 71st Primetime (2019) The 2019 Creative Arts Emmys will be held on September 14th and 15th and the Primetime Emmys Telecast will be on September 22 on Fox. Congratulations to all the nominees for the 71st Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and a special congratulations to our interviewees who were nominated this...
