It takes the average reader 10 hours and 54 minutes to read The Funsters by James Parish
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Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text of The Funsters by James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard, with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt. The iconic subjects of this volume could pop up in any movie-as plumbers or secretaries or bank tellers, as wives or husbands or (would-be) lovers. They could be pompous or scatterbrained. What they all shared in common was a genius for making funny faces at life. They made us laugh at our world-and ourselves. They are the Hollywood Funsters: the comics, the clowns, and the jesters of the Silver Screen. What are these people like away from the soundstage? How did they get into comedy in the first place? The Funsters provides all the answers in great depth. This substantial volume features 62 of the great Hollywood laugh makers (including several hilarious screen teams). Each has an individual chapter-a chapter rich in fascinating details about the celebrated individual's colorful life-on and off the soundstages, as well as a listing of the star's feature films, with studio and year of release.The vibrant personalities covered in this volume are: Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Woody Allen, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Eve Arden, Mischa Auer, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Mary Boland, Fanny Brice, Joe E. Brown, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Judy Canova, Eddie Cantor, Charles Chaplin, Charley Chase, Joan Davis, Phyllis Diller, Marie Dressler, Jimmy Durante, Leon Errol, Tom Ewell, W. C. Fields, Charlotte Greenwood, William Haines, Judy Holliday, Bob Hope, Edward Everett Horton, Danny Kaye, Buster Keaton, Patsy Kelly, Ernie Kovacs, Bert Lahr, Arthur Lake, Harry Langdon, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Jack Lemmon, Harold Lloyd, Marjorie Main, The Marx Brothers, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Polly Moran, Mabel Normand, Edna May Oliver, ZaSu Pitts, Martha Raye, The Ritz Brothers, Will Rogers, Charlie Ruggles, S. Z. Sakall, George Sidney, Phil Silvers, Red Skelton, Alison Skipworth, Constance Talmadge, The Three Stooges, Thelma Todd, Ben Turpin, Dick Van Dyke, Clifton Webb, Mae West, and Ed Wynn. In The Funsters the funniest men and women the world has ever known have a significant reference volume worthy of their outsized talents.
The Funsters by James Parish is 644 pages long, and a total of 163,576 words.
This makes it 217% the length of the average book. It also has 200% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 53 minutes to read The Funsters aloud.
The Funsters is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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