Brill ’80 on New American Comedy Archives: The Culture Show
Comedian and alum Eddie Brill ’80 discusses the College’s new American Comedy Archives interviews with GBH’s The Culture Show host and fellow alum Jared Bowen ’98. Brill conducted the new interviews with comic legends Bill Burr ’93, Mario Cantone ’82, Paula Poundstone, and Roy Wood Jr.
They discuss the art of comedy and how funny Emersonians can be found everywhere.
The American Comedy Archives at Emerson College was founded in 2005 in partnership with alum Bill Dana ’50 with the purpose of collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary source materials that document the professional activities of groundbreaking writers, producers, and/or performers of comedy for radio, television, motion pictures, or live performance.
The oral histories/interviews are accessible online, along with all available transcripts. The interviewees include comedians Tracey Ullman, Carlos Mencia, Janis Paige, Betty White, and Weird Al Yankovic.
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