Research Catalog

Interview with Bert Wheeler about Bobby Clark

Title
  1. Interview with Bert Wheeler about Bobby Clark, 1961-06-09.
Published by
  1. 1961.

Available online

Details

Additional authors
  1. Wheeler, Bert, 1895-1968
  2. Lipton, Bill, 1926-
Found in
  1. Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Description
  1. 1 streaming audio file (approximately 34 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
  1. Bert Wheeler, a comedian in Broadway theatre, comedy films, and vaudeville who was well acquainted with Bobby Clark for 35 years, starts the interview with describing Fire Island which he recently visited, and then moves to the personality of his friend Clark and show business. Subjects include: the affiliation of actors with The Friars Club or Lambs Clubs and the origins and purpose of each, some episodes and experiences from his and Clark's professional life, popularity of parody, a few sketches with Clark, and the detriment to one's reputation for stealing material from fellow stand-up comedians.
Alternative title
  1. Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Subject
  1. Sound recordings
  2. Interviews
  3. Actors > United States > Interviews
  4. Comedians > United States > Biography
  5. Actors > United States > Biography
  6. Wheeler, Bert, 1895-1968 > Interviews
  7. Clark, Bobby, 1888-1960
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
  2. Sound recordings.
Call number
  1. *LT-7-A 2943
Note
  1. Title from collection record; credits from the original container that was discarded; date from audition.
  2. Streaming files transferred from original audio reel.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  1. Bill Lipton
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of: Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, *L(Special) 93-36.
Title
  1. Interview with Bert Wheeler about Bobby Clark, 1961-06-09.
Production
  1. 1961.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. spoken word
Type of medium
  1. audio
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. audiotape reel
  2. online resource
Access
  1. Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
  1. Bill Lipton, interviewer ; Bert Wheeler, interviewee.
Event
  1. Recorded at Lambs Club in New York City 1961 June 9.
Original version
  1. Archival original format: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips., two track mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2943.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of: Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, *L(Special) 93-36.
Source
  1. Gift; Bill Lipton, 1984.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Wheeler, Bert, 1895-1968, interviewee.
  2. Lipton, Bill, 1926- interviewer.
  3. Lipton, Bill, 1926- donor.
Added title
  1. Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Found in:
  1. Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Research call number
  1. *LT-7-A 2943
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