{"product_id":"comedy-archaeology","title":"Comedy Archaeology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDo you remember seeing an episode of Bewitched that guest starred comedian Red Skelton, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Honeymooner’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e story where Ralph and Alice adopt a puppy, or the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLife with Lucy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Christmas episode? If you answered “no” to these questions, you are correct. Despite scripts or treatments being written for these shows, none of the episodes were ever produced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eComedy Archeology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e not only includes descriptions of unproduced episodes of several classic situation comedies but also summarizes never-made comedy pilots and specials like 1975’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJack Benny’s Special Special\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a proposed animated pilot called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eManor House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e featuring characters made famous by Jackie Gleason on his variety series, and television host, Steve Allen’s proposed science fiction comedy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Little Woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The book also details many unmade comedy movies that would have starred the likes of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRoad to India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRoad to the Fountain of Youth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, John Belushi in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNoble Rot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the four Marx Brothers in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUp Spoke the Captain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Irvin has written several books about television comedy including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Forgotten Desi and Lucy TV Projects, Spinning Laughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eForgotten Laughs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – all from BearManor Media.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Digital","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55896467898536,"sku":"uva1787305883167","price":5.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/3246\/4808\/files\/comedy-archaeology_1.jpg?v=1787305888","url":"https:\/\/www.greenvalleycart.shop\/products\/comedy-archaeology","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}