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  • Jackie "Moms" Mabley

    Jackie "Moms" Mabley talks about her life and career as a comedian ; part 1

    Jun. 13, 1961

    Jackie "Moms" Mabley talks about her life and career as a comedian. She speaks fondly of her hometown and of her childhood and family. Copyrighted material has been removed from this program.

  • Interviewing Virgil Partch

    Jul. 5, 1963
  • Interviewing The Establishment: British comedy club performers

    Oct. 3, 1962

    Studs talks to members John Fortune, Jeremy Geidt, John Bird, Eleanor Bron, and Nick Garland.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Sun-Times editorial cartoonist Jacob Burck

    Apr. 27, 1959
  • Judy Tenuta

    Interviewing stand-up comic and actress Judy Tenuta. This is an un-aired master tape

  • Interviewing Shel Silverstein

    Dec. 12, 1963
  • Interviewing Ruth Draper and Lord Richard Buckley ; part 2

  • Interviewing Ruth Draper and Lord Richard Buckley ; part 1

    1958
  • Interviewing Nicholas von Hoffman

    Oct. 10, 1978

    In his book, Make-Believe Presidents: Illusions of Power from McKinley to Carter, the American journalist Nicholas von Hoffman examines which presidents had power and which did not.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Mort Sahl

    Sep. 23, 1976

    Discussing comedy, humor, and politics with comedian Mort Sahl, upon the publication of his book, Heartland. Includes a clip from Studs' interview with Sahl in 1960.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Marty Robinson as "Fireball Kozak" (On Track 1) and reading Ring Lardner's "Alibi Ike" with Lou Gilbert, Marty Robinson and Jim Unrath (on Track 2).

    Apr. 5, 1963

    reading Alibi Ike

  • Interviewing Jean Louis Barrault while Studs was in Paris, France ; part 1

    Nov. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing humorist and author Jean Shepherd

    Jun. 5, 1986

    Program includes excerpts from Shepherd's comedy albums.

  • Interviewing French cartoonist Louis Mittleberg (Tim) while Studs was in France

    Nov. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing folksinger and songwriter Bob Gibson and author and poet Shel Silverstein

    Jul. 27, 1993

    Focus of the interview is Gibson's record Makin' a Mess.

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