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Wild and crazy guys, how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever, by Nick de Semlyen

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Wild and crazy guys, how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever, by Nick de Semlyen

Language

eng

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other

Main title

Wild and crazy guys

Oclc number

1140975444

Responsibility statement

by Nick de Semlyen

Sub title

how the comedy mavericks of the '80s changed Hollywood forever

Summary

Opens in 1978, with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray taking bad-tempered swings at each other backstage at Saturday Night Live, and closes 21 years later with the two doing a skit in the same venue, poking fun at each other, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, de Semlyen takes us on a trip through the tumultuous '80s, delving behind the scenes of movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and dozens more. Chronicling the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, John Belushi, John Candy, and Rick Moranis, it's got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes, and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S. Thompson while tied to a lawn chair. An insider account of the friendships, feuds, triumphs, and disasters experienced by these beloved comedians. 2019

Target audience

specialized

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