?In The Laugh Makers Bob Mills takes us on a delightful side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television?s golden age?a long-ago era of variety song-and-dance brilliant patter and a seemingly endless parade of laughs?sprung from the genius of ?gag men? that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book pays well-deserved homage. The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on The Bob Hope Show from Stockholm to Bora Bora London to Peking. It?s jam-packed with stories [and] anecdotes his guest stars and his writers?all from a fondly remembered past that will have you chuckling from start to finish. Bob Mills is well qualified to salute the famous corps of gag men who kept the comedian knee-deep in jokes. These firsthand recollections summon up the final phase of Hope?s career?and the end of the trail for an entire brand of show business.??Gary Owens Rowan & Martin?s Laugh-In
