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Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis: A Personal History of Film Comedy

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  • ABOUT Harold Ramis

    Harold Ramis is a screenwriter, director, and actor whose films include Animal House, Caddyshack, Stripes, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Ghostbusters, Back to School, Groundhog Day, Multiplicity, Analyze This, Bedazzled, Analyze That, The Ice Harvest, and Year One. Ramis has also directed several episodes of television’s acclaimed series The Office.  He is the recipient of the American Comedy Award, the British Comedy Award, and the BAFTA (British Academy) award for screenwriting (Groundhog Day).

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Director, writer, and actor Harold Ramis (Animal House, Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Analyze This, Groundhog Day) has brought us some of the funniest moments in modern film. Join this comedy guru for an idiosyncratic journey through his favorite film comedies. With film clips ranging from the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo, and Zeppo) to his latest, Year One, this film survey is ripe with sidesplitting potential.

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Torey Malatia: This American Laugh Radio Humor

Listen and laugh as Chicago Public Radio's Torey Malatia shares humorous radio stories, jokes old and new, and a cornucopia of laugh-out-loud audio playfulness.

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Scared Silly: Mad Scientists and the Movies

A film historian, a physicist, and an astrophysicist explore the stereotype of the mad scientist, examine his role, and dissect the meaning of this kind of humor in science fiction.

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