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Sto caricando le informazioni... Bob And Ray, Keener Than Most Personsdi David Pollock
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(Applause Books). By the established comedy conventions of their era, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were true game changers. Never playing to the balcony, Bob and Ray instead entertained each other. Because they believed in their nuanced characters and absurd premises, their audience did, too. Their parodies broadcasting about broadcasting existed in their own special universe. A complete absence of show-biz slickness set them apart from the very institution they were mocking, yet were still a part of. They resisted being called comedians and never considered themselves "an act." Bob and Ray, Keener Than Most Persons traces the origins and development of the pair's unique sensibility that defined their dozens of local and network radio and TV series, later motion picture roles, Carnegie Hall performances, and hit Broadway show Bob and Ray The Two and Only . Together for 43 years (longer than Laurel and Hardy, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis), the twosome deflected all intrusions into the personalities behind their many masks and the dynamics of their relationship, and rarely elaborated on their career trajectory or methodology. Now, with the full cooperation of Bob Elliott and of Ray Goulding's widow, Liz, together with insights from numerous colleagues, their craft and the culture that made them so relevant is explored in depth. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Both Bob and Ray grew up in the age of radio and gravitated to careers in that industry. Their talents quickly led to new opportunities, one of which put them together in the same radio studio at the same time. Their ad-libbed commentary, complete with characters invented on the spot, caught on with local fans and soon led to a national audience.
“Neither was a cutup, nor a joke teller,” Pollock writes. “They were pleasant, but not effusive. Their total lack of spurious affability and slickness set the two apart from the very institution they were making fun of, yet were still a part of.” Elsewhere he calls them “two introverts in an extrovert’s business.”
Without much planning on their part, one thing led to another. At one time they were on the radio seven days a week. Later came television, movies, Mad magazine and even a successful Broadway show, “Bob and Ray — The Two and Only.” They pioneered the comic commercial, something thought quite daring until business boomed for Piels beer, their first client.
Bob and Ray were heroes to younger humorists, including Johnny Carson, Bob Newhart, Harry Shearer and Dave Letterman, who wrote this book’s foreword. Pollock includes enough excerpts from their performances to help any reader who does not remember Bob and Ray to understand why. I rarely laugh out loud while reading a book, especially a biography. This one had me rolling.
For as closely as they are associated in the public mind, “there was no great bond between them,” according to one Pollock source. They did not socialize outside of work. They rarely visited each other’s homes, and often didn’t even know where the other lived. They were close as business associates, not as friends. This separation when not performing may have been one of the keys to their success. (