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Stars of Vaudeville #79: Walker and Williams
Today is Bert Williams’ birthday. George Walker and Bert Williams are important figures not only in show business history, but American cultural history, as well. Williams, the more gifte… more →
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DON’T MISS THE BUS
wrote 1 month ago: Bert WilliamsWhen you get your 2010 diary, please write a memo to yourself at the beginning of Octob … more →
Stars of Vaudeville #79: Walker and Williams
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wrote 1 month ago: Today is Bert Williams’ birthday. George Walker and Bert Williams are important figures … more →
Blackface Performances are No Laughing Matter
wrote 2 months ago: A video is making its way across the blogosphere of a group called the Jackson Jive, that performed … more →
Stars of Vaudeville #27: Leon Erroll
wrote 6 months ago: LEON ERROLL Leon Erroll’s schtick was a comic drunk bit, which he milked for most of his career. The … more →
Michael Jackson and Bert Williams
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wrote 6 months ago: As an historian, I tend to link events to their analogues in past times to draw meaning. So, the sud … more →
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago (1922) - Ben Hecht
wrote 9 months ago: This is probably the first grownup book I ever read, not too long after finishing The Little Engine … more →
Why We Laugh
wrote 10 months ago: Check out these clips from the ‘09 Sundance documentary submission, Why We Laugh: Black Comedi … more →
'Dancing in the Dark' by Caryl Phillips
wrote 1 year ago: 2005, 214 p W. C. Field described Bert Williams, the real-life subject of this novel, as “the … more →
Armond White Theater Review of Musical "Williams And Walker" (QUOTE from the book "The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World")
wrote 1 year ago: 7) Armond White Theater Review of musical Williams & Walker (a musical play on the life of Bert … more →
