The Resource Wild and crazy guys : how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever, Nick de Semlyen
Wild and crazy guys : how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever, Nick de Semlyen
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- Summary
- "Wild and Crazy Guys opens in 1978 with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray taking bad-tempered swings at each other backstage at Saturday Night Live, and closes 21 years later with the two doing a skit in the same venue, poking fun at each other, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, Nick de Semlyen takes us on a trip through the tumultuous '80s, delving behind the scenes of movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and dozens more. Chronicling the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, John Belushi, John Candy, and Rick Moranis, it's got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes, and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S. Thompson while tied to a lawn chair. What's not to like? Based on candid interviews from many of the stars themselves, as well as those in their immediate orbit, including directors John Landis, Carl Reiner, and Amy Heckerling, Wild and Crazy Guys is a fantastic insider account of the friendships, feuds, triumphs, and disasters experienced by these beloved comedians. Hilarious and revealing, it is both a hidden history of the most fertile period ever for screen comedy and a celebration of some of the most popular films of all time."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Mr. Careful and Mr. Fuck It
- The jerks
- Hit it
- Dr. Gonzo and the gopher
- A rise and a fall
- Confidence man
- New-model Chevy
- Brain power
- Crossing the streams
- Murphy's Law
- European vacations
- Going west
- Eddie Murphy
- Partners in crime
- "We're back!"
- Exit the nice guys
- Getting serious
- Time out
- Isbn
- 9781984826640
- Label
- Wild and crazy guys : how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever
- Title
- Wild and crazy guys
- Title remainder
- how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever
- Statement of responsibility
- Nick de Semlyen
- Subject
-
- Aykroyd, Dan
- Belushi, John
- Candy, John
- Chase, Chevy
- Comedians -- Biography
- Comedy sketches -- United States -- History
- Actors -- United States -- Biography
- Moranis, Rick
- Murphy, Eddie, 1961-
- Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21-
- Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History
- Martin, Steve, 1945-
- American wit and humor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Wild and Crazy Guys opens in 1978 with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray taking bad-tempered swings at each other backstage at Saturday Night Live, and closes 21 years later with the two doing a skit in the same venue, poking fun at each other, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, Nick de Semlyen takes us on a trip through the tumultuous '80s, delving behind the scenes of movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and dozens more. Chronicling the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, John Belushi, John Candy, and Rick Moranis, it's got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes, and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S. Thompson while tied to a lawn chair. What's not to like? Based on candid interviews from many of the stars themselves, as well as those in their immediate orbit, including directors John Landis, Carl Reiner, and Amy Heckerling, Wild and Crazy Guys is a fantastic insider account of the friendships, feuds, triumphs, and disasters experienced by these beloved comedians. Hilarious and revealing, it is both a hidden history of the most fertile period ever for screen comedy and a celebration of some of the most popular films of all time."--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- De Semlyen, Nick
- Dewey number
-
- 791.43/028
- 790.0000
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1995.9.C55
- LC item number
- D445 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Murray, Bill
- Murphy, Eddie
- Chase, Chevy
- Martin, Steve
- Belushi, John
- Aykroyd, Dan
- Candy, John
- Moranis, Rick
- American wit and humor
- Comedians
- Stand-up comedy
- Comedy sketches
- Actors
- Label
- Wild and crazy guys : how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever, Nick de Semlyen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-318) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Mr. Careful and Mr. Fuck It -- The jerks -- Hit it -- Dr. Gonzo and the gopher -- A rise and a fall -- Confidence man -- New-model Chevy -- Brain power -- Crossing the streams -- Murphy's Law -- European vacations -- Going west -- Eddie Murphy -- Partners in crime -- "We're back!" -- Exit the nice guys -- Getting serious -- Time out
- Control code
- on1065723335
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781984826640
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, color
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1065723335
- Label
- Wild and crazy guys : how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever, Nick de Semlyen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-318) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Mr. Careful and Mr. Fuck It -- The jerks -- Hit it -- Dr. Gonzo and the gopher -- A rise and a fall -- Confidence man -- New-model Chevy -- Brain power -- Crossing the streams -- Murphy's Law -- European vacations -- Going west -- Eddie Murphy -- Partners in crime -- "We're back!" -- Exit the nice guys -- Getting serious -- Time out
- Control code
- on1065723335
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781984826640
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, color
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1065723335
Subject
- Aykroyd, Dan
- Belushi, John
- Candy, John
- Chase, Chevy
- Comedians -- Biography
- Comedy sketches -- United States -- History
- Actors -- United States -- Biography
- Moranis, Rick
- Murphy, Eddie, 1961-
- Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21-
- Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History
- Martin, Steve, 1945-
- American wit and humor
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