Biography of the creator of The Bickersons, writer for Eddie Cantor and Fanny Brice. Contains a wealth of Rapp's own work, including part of an unpublished autobiography!
From now until the end of the year, when you order the softcover version of The Gripes of Rapp you'll get The Best of Baby Snooks Volume 1 & 2 audio CDs for FREE! Enjoy the works of the Philip Rapp as you read about how he created them.
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Finally -- the definitive biography of The Bickersons! Lavishly illustrated, with a foreword by Blanche herself, Frances Langford, this book unearths material never before published. A complete history of the program, biographies of the cast, scripts from Star Time, Old Gold & radio commercials, a history of John, Blanche, Nature Boy & those grasping relatives, The infamous Honeymooners/Jackie Gleason court case, Unused material, and much more!
And now, here are Don Ameche and Frances Langford in Philip Rapp's humorous creation... The Bickersons!
The Bickersons was one of radio's most popular and funniest comedy teams. Now for the first time ever - you can read these never before published scripts. Included are full scripts from The Old Gold Show, the 1951 Bickersons series and other rarities. With an introduction by Philip Rapp himself!
Truly one of the funniest books of this, or any, year. - Classic Images
The first time in print, these old time radio scripts by Philip Rapp are taken from otr's golden age shows: Maxwell House Coffee Time, Good News, and more. These are not transcriptions, but the original scripts, sometimes vastly different from broadcast-draft scripts, since Rapp would often revise a script three times before it aired.
Never before have the infamous love letters between John and Blanche Bickerson seen the light of day. This amazing testament to the strength of marriage at last shows the true depth of feeling the squabbling couple felt for one another. And no. It wasn't always bickering!
Now you can find out how they met. Who they are. What are their backgrounds. And experience, for a change, the love shared between a couple that was obviously made for one another.
For the first time ever, be privy to the open caverns of mirth that is the prolific Philip Rapp joke file! Rapp, writer for Baby Snooks, Eddie Cantor and creator of the Bickersons, wrote and collected jokes for years, drawing from it during his classic radio and TV years. Now we've taken the best quips and put them together for one great and funny book! Illustrated.
From the furtile mind of Bickersons' creator Philip Rapp comes three of his most infamous television scripts. Deputy Seraph - the last Marx Brothers project, which failed to sell. Joan of Arkansas - Joan Davis' last TV project, which failed to sell. And the pilot to Ben Blue's show, Squeegee, which - you guessed it - failed to sell! Printed for the first time here!
