ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE
Who's Who in American Comedy
Woody Allen
Comedy writer, then stand-up comic, then filmmaker and playwright; one of the most prolific and successful writers and performers of the seventies and eighties; his "Annie Hall" is considered by some to be the best comedy of the 70's; he is sometimes ranked with Chaplin. Here he is doing one of his early stand-up routines. (Not the best quality; it's converted from British television)
[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]
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