The Second City : Backstage At The World's Greatest Comedy Theater

by Sheldon Patinkin, Robert Klein, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, George Wendt, James Belushi, Harold Ramis Publisher : Sourcebooks Year : 2000 Edition : First Printing : First Pages : 200 Condition : Fine Binding : Hardcover Dust Jacket : Yes Price : $44.95

Item Description :

Sourcebooks, 2000. FIRST EDITION, full number line. Subtitled, Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater, this is a hard cover book (approximately 11" x 10") with dust jacket and 2 audio CDs in new condition. The laminated boards are illustrated to match the jacket. The 2 CDs are unopened and are attached to the inside front endpaper. The endpapers are plain black. The pages are quality glossy paper. Narrated by Robert Klein. Foreword by Alan Arkin, Fiveword by Dan Aykroyd, Inword by George Wendt, Backword by James Belushi, Lastword by Harold Ramis. Bound in colorful black pictorial glossy boards with black endpapers. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color photographs. Complete with 2 audio CDs, featuring never-before-heard comedy, in the unopened CD package affixed the front paste-down. A fine copy, with a 1.5 cm. tear in the paper covering the top edge of the rear board. In a flawless matching dust wrapper that retains the publisher's price in the upper right of the front flap. A wonderful copy of a book that "recounts the early years of the comedy troupe's biggest stars, including John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers, Gilda Radner, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, David Steinberg, Robert Klein, Chris Farley, Martin Short and John Candy, as well as some of today's hottest directors, like Harold Ramis (Analyze This), Mike Nichols (The Birdcage), Betty Thomas (Private Parts) and Bonnie Hunt (Return to Me)." Written by Sheldon Patinkin, with narration by Robert Klein, foreword by Alan Arkin, fiveword by Dan Aykroyd, inword by George Wendt, backword by James Belushi, and lastword by Harold Ramis, here are some of the greats of comedy. The 2 CDs contain rare and never-before-heard comedy including John Belushi, John Candy, Bonnie Hunt and Mike Myers. Also included are stories about Bill Murray. Gilda Radner, and how Martin Short "discovered" Mike Myers. Dating back to 1959 with the opening of the theater, and with what appears to be 1000 photos (each page seems to have at least 3-6 photos) and described as "a temple of satire" by Time Magazine. 200-pages.

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