A Funny Thing Happened - Softcover

Lester Colodny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982351283 ISBN 13: 9780982351284

Publisher: SciArt Media, 2010

Synopsis

A Funny Thing Happened is a humorous romp through the Golden Age of Hollywood and Broadway by a man who worked with the brightest stars of those years. From working with Mel Brooks, when Mel was just trying to break into show business, to his days writing for The Today Show with a 25-year-old Florence Henderson, to his time with Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, Jerry Lewis and more, this book has laughs and smiles to spare. Includes nearly forty pictures, including four previously unreleased photos of The Beatles and very rare images of Frank Sinatra, Red Buttons, Dolly Parton and more. Lester tells the stories of his life, his ups and downs, successes, triumphs and failures with an optimistic, friendly tone. Reading this book is like listening to your favorite grandfather telling his favorite tales.

About this title

About the Author:

After leaving the Navy after World War II, Lester Colodny decided to make his living in show business. Even through he never became as famous as some other people in the business, he did get to lead a life with the greatest stars of the age. He even won an EMMY for his work on The Baja Marimba Band! Lester wrote for Get Smart, Love, American Style, worked on My Favorite Martian, co-wrote Fun City with Joan Rivers and was one of the co-creators of The Munsters. Later, Lester went into work in advertising, working for Steve Wynn's casino chains, for which he won several CLEO awards. He ended his career working for a well-known NYC real estate mogul. Today, Lester is an eighty-five-year-old grandfather of twelve, including Elizabeth Hendrickson, former star of All My Children and current star of The Young and the Restless.

Review:

I've been a pal of Lester's since just prior to the invention of the wheel, so I can bear eyewitness testimony as to the veracity of many of the events he recounts in his book. And what a joy it has been to relive them through his hilarious pages! But,there's great depth here, as well. Since the very inception of show business both laughter and tragedy, side by side, have been its symbol. And under the surface of every side-splitting tale Lester tells is that ever present poignant layer of sadness. It's a hell of a read! And when Hollywood makes a movie of this book, I suggest they cast Lester Colodny as his own worst enemy! --Marty Brill, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, Three's Company

What fun! A Funny Thing Happened delivers laughs in every chapter and smiles to spare. Thank you, Lester, for preserving these hilarious stories. My only disappointment was when there was no more to read! --Josh Judge, author, Weather Facts and Fun, Extreme New England Weather (Coming November, 2010)

What's more fun than a barrel full of monkeys? Read Lester Colodny's A Funny Thing Happened, and you'll start finding out from the very first chapter. Along the way, you'll get to know some of the brightest stars in the comedy heavens, including the author himself. --Richard Lederer, former NPR host and author of Anguished English

About this edition

• Publisher: SciArt Media
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0982351283
• ISBN 13: 9780982351284
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Nikki Andrews