Wake Me When It's Funny - How to Break into Show Business and Stay

Klappentext This memoir and show-business primer from one of film and TV's most successful writer-producer-director-actors (Pretty Woman, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Murphy Brown) gives sound advice on how to create comedy, break into TV, shoot movies, and deal with Hollywood. 40 b/w photos.Garry (Allergic to Everything but Success) Marshall has written hundreds of TV scripts, produced and created 14 prime-time series, including The Odd Couple and Happy Days, and has written a number of stage plays. This entertaining portrait of Marshall's life takes readers on a tumultuous, behind-the-scenes journey, from his early days to the peak of sitcom success to his work in movies today. 32 pages of photos. Zusammenfassung This memoir and show-business primer from one of film and TV's most successful writer-producer-director-actors ( Pretty Woman! Happy Days! Laverne & Shirley! Mork & Mindy! Murphy Brown ) gives sound advice on how to create comedy! break into TV! shoot movies! and deal with Hollywood. 40 b/w photos. Garry ("Allergic to Everything but Success") Marshall has written hundreds of TV scripts! produced and created 14 prime-time series! including The Odd Couple and Happy Days! and has written a number of stage plays. This entertaining portrait of Marshall's life takes readers on a tumultuous! behind-the-scenes journey! from his early days to the peak of sitcom success to his work in movies today. 32 pages of photos.

Product details

• Authors: Garry Marshall, Lori Marshall
• Publisher: Newmarket Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1997
• EAN: 9781557042880
• ISBN: 978-1-55704-288-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Insider Filmbooks; Insider Filmbooks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / Direction & Production, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, MUSIC: Essays, PERFORMING ARTS: Business Aspects, PERFORMING ARTS: Acting & Auditioning