Comedy from the 60’s and 70’s: TV, Standup, and Movies

Comedy from the 60’s and 70’s: TV, Standup, and Movies

Spring (4-8 hours) | This course is completed

New Course

5/4/2021-5/25/2021

9:30 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Tue

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$45.00

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Join us for what promises to be a healthy dose of good humor provided by the great comedy stars of the 60s and 70s. The course will include stand-up bits from, among others, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Dick Gregory, Joan Rivers, Jonathan Winters, Rich Little, George Carlin, Don Rickles, the Smothers Brothers, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, plus sections of original LP recordings of Bob Newhart, Shelley Berman, Nichols and May, Alan Sherman, Phyllis Diller, and many more.

Video clips from TV will include Andy Griffith, Lucy, Beverly Hillbillies, Dick Van Dyke, Leave It To Beaver, Gilligan’s Island, All In The Family, Brady Bunch, Mary Tyler Moore, The Jeffersons, Maude, M.A.S.H., Carol Burnett, and many more.
Movies will include The Graduate, Dr. Strangelove, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, It’s a Mad Mad World, Pink Panther, The Producers, The Odd Couple, and much more.

Before this course begins, we will also be asking participants to suggest their favorite comedies and comedians for inclusion. All sessions will be filled with video and audio clips, exclusive of history and commentary.

Peterman, John

John Peterman retired to the New London area after serving for 23 years as Head of an elementary school in Massachusetts. Throughout his life, John has been a public speaker and a mid-20th-century music and film enthusiast. His Osher courses on film and music include “Movie Stars Born in 1919, 1920, 1921”; “Comedy in Movies and TV 1960-1964”; “Girl Groups of the ‘60s”; and “Why Must I Be a Teenager in Love: Movies, TV, and Music, 1954- 1964”. John also serves on Osher’s Leadership Council.