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Randy Skretvedt
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Radio producer, writer, and scholar of 20th-century show business. Author of Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies.

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radio
Radio, a form of mass media and sound communication by radio waves, usually through the transmission of music, news, and other types of programs from single broadcast stations to multitudes of individual listeners equipped with radio receivers. From its birth early in the 20th century, broadcast…
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Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies
Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies
By Randy Skretvedt
First accurate accounting of this great American comedy team. Publishers Weekly Skretvedt, coauthor of a biography of Steve Martin and host of a Los Angeles radio show, Forward into the Past, has uncovered a wealth of fascinating information about the lives and careers of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Setting out to tell how the pair ``actually made their films,'' the author spent seven years researching and interviewing some 60 friends and associates of the comedy team, and discovered...
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