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Interview with Bert Wheeler about Bobby Clark

Title
Interview with Bert Wheeler about Bobby Clark, 1961-06-09.
Publication
1961.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Wheeler, Bert, 1895-1968
  • Lipton, Bill, 1926-
Found In
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 34 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Bert Wheeler, a comedian in Broadway theatre, comedy films, and vaudeville who was well acquainted with Bobby Clark for 35 years, starts the interview with describing Fire Island which he recently visited, and then moves to the personality of his friend Clark and show business. Subjects include: the affiliation of actors with The Friars Club or Lambs Clubs and the origins and purpose of each, some episodes and experiences from his and Clark's professional life, popularity of parody, a few sketches with Clark, and the detriment to one's reputation for stealing material from fellow stand-up comedians.
Alternative Title
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from collection record; credits from the original container that was discarded; date from audition.
  • Streaming files transferred from original audio reel.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  • Bill Lipton
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, *L(Special) 93-36.
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2943
OCLC
909398533
Title
Interview with Bert Wheeler about Bobby Clark, 1961-06-09.
Production
1961.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Access
Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
Bill Lipton, interviewer ; Bert Wheeler, interviewee.
Event
Recorded at Lambs Club in New York City 1961 June 9.
Original Version
Archival original format: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips., two track mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2943.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, *L(Special) 93-36.
Source
Gift; Bill Lipton, 1984.
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Added Author
Wheeler, Bert, 1895-1968, interviewee.
Lipton, Bill, 1926- interviewer.
Lipton, Bill, 1926- donor.
Added Title
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Found In:
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2943
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