Shawn Levy
Former Film Critic/Best Selling Author- Jerry Lewis, Rat Pack, Queens of Stand Up Comedy
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Former Film Critic/Best Selling Author- Jerry Lewis, Rat Pack, Queens of Stand Up Comedy 〰️
This episode is chalked full of:
Where his love of writing came from, stories from a New York place called The Comic Strip that featured young comedians such as Eddie Murphy and how he went from Pennsylvania to California for his master’s degree.
Becoming a film critic, his first review, favorite movie, and learning about the oldest bookstore in Portland, OR-Cameron’s Books & Magazines.
He tells us how he chose his first subject when decided to write biographies which leads us into hearing about some of his books.
1996: King of Comedy-The Life & Art of Jerry Lewis
1998-Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey, & the Last Great Showbiz Party
2016- Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Pucci, Paparazzi, & the Swinging High Life of 1950’s Rome
2021-A Year in the Life of Death: Poems Inspired by the Obituary Pages of the NY Times
2022- In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Stand-Up Comedy
We close the show talking about Ronald Reagan who was a FBI informant!
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