Well, I'll Be a Dirty Bird

• Utgivningsdatum: 2027-03-25
• Mått: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
• Vikt: 446 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Odysseus Books
• Antal sidor: 256
• Förlag: Skyhorse Publishing
• ISBN: 9781631441165

• Biografi: konst och underhållning

Karl Tiedemann, a New York City native, studied film production at NYU. One of his short films, King of the Z's, a parody documentary about a low-budget movie studio, co-created with Stephen Winer, led to a stint on the writing staff of NBC's Late Night with David Letterman and an Emmy nomination. He later worked on series for NBC, the Disney Channel, and others. He performed extensively in local comedy clubs as half of a team and was often in "Sunday Night Improv," an ongoing NYC comedy show. Television appearances include the Letterman show, Robert Klein Time America's Funniest People, Kwik-Witz, Cosby, and TV Land's Sixty Second Sitcoms. Tiedemann spent a year at Jacques Lecoq's theatrical school in Paris and participated in clown workshops with Dominic Jando of the Big Apple Circus. He is the author, or co-author, of several comedy plays (one an award-winner) which have been produced both in Europe and in many of these United States. In 2019, he co-produced the feature-length documentary Funny You Never Knew about three neglected comedians from the first decade of television. The film has won awards at the Newport Beach Film Festival (CA), the Garden State Film Festival (NJ), the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FL), DocUtah, and elsewhere.

Praise for Well, I'll Be a Dirty Bird“I'm delighted by this wonderful about George Gobel. What a greatly funny man Gobel was. Treat yourself to this reminder of that—and to the hearty laughter you'll enjoy." —Dick Cavett“Karl Tiedemann made us laugh when we wrote for Letterman; now he's making us laugh reading about George Gobel. He provides a public service, rescuing Gobel from ‘forgotten man’ status in the annals of TV comedy. A must-read for television fans who’ve never heard of Gobel, as well as younger Tik-Tok fans who’ve never heard of television!” —Max Pross & Tom Gammill, writers, Late Night with David Letterman, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons"Many of us remember George Gobel fondly for his guest appearances on 1960s variety shows like Dean Martin and the Smothers Brothers, and for a legendary ‘ad-lib’ on the Tonight Show. The first of many surprises in this remarkable book is to learn that Gobel starred in one of the most radical and innovative programs in the history of television. His series was unique--part sit-com, part variety show, but ultimately not like any other program before or since. TheGeorge Gobel Show was virtually a genre unto itself. This deeply researched, well-written account gives us a thorough perspective on Gobel's story, from his early days in Chicago, his roots in country music, his rise in nightclubs—and his brief but meaningful breakthrough on TV, challenging the dominance of the larger-than-life comedy superstars of the day with a style that was intimate and understated. Mr. T makes the case that Gobel, no less than such contemporaries as Ernie Kovacs, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, was a major figure in the development of TV's comedic style." —Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal columnist and author of eleven books on music and popular culture“Once wildly popular, George Gobel was a surprisingly sophisticated, quietly droll Everyman whose gift for understatement made him one of mid-century America’s most beloved comedians. Now largely forgotten, Gobel gets the long-overdue biography and critical appreciation he deserves in Karl Tiedemann’s entertaining and often touching account. Part rollicking show-business saga, part affectionate portrait, and part meditation on the fleeting nature of fame and collective memory, the book brings Gobel’s era, and his whimsical comedy, vividly to life, with delightful appearances by Jerry Lewis, Norman Lear, Groucho Marx, Lucy, Barbara Eden, and many more.” —Steve O'Donnell, writer, The Chris Rock Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show, and Norm Macdonald Live

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