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Abbott and Costello Meet (film series), 232n15 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, 171, 232n15 Abbott and Costello Show, The (radio show), 233n34 Abbott and Costello (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello), 17, 23, 140, 147, 162, 170–72, 199, 232n15, 233n34; Buck Privates, 23, 162–63, 165–68, 172, 176–79, 181–87, 230n3, 233n35; Buck Privates Come Home, 188–90 Abbott, Bud. See Abbott and Costello Academy Awards, 191–93 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, 5 Adler, Fay, 44, 210n58 Air Raid Wardens, 167, 188 Alexander, Michael, 100 Alias Jimmy Valentine, 126 Ali Baba Goes to Town, 84, 105–8 Allen, Fred, 112–13, 129–31, 133–37, 226n62, 226n67 Allen, Gracie, 14, 28, 138, 140, 204n45 Allen, Woody, 1–6, 8, 17, 79–81, 108–9, 215–16n4 All of Me, 9 All Quiet on the Western Front, 175 Altman, Rick, 122 Anchorman, 191–92 Anderson, Eddie, 122, 124, 127–29, 132, 134 Andrews Sisters, The, 166, 179, 186 Animal Crackers, 2, 4, 14–15 Animal House, 194 Annie Hall, 1–4, 79 Arnheim, Rudolf, 119–20 Arthur, Jean, 13 Artists and Models, 115 Artists and Models Abroad, 115 Astaire, Fred, 124 Auerbach, Arthur, 224n34 Awful Truth, The, 13 Aykroyd, Dan, 194, 196 Baby Mama, 198 Bain, Alexander, 10 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 6, 18–19, 31 Ball, Lucille, 196 Balzer, George, 119 Bananas, 79 Bank Dick, The, 28, 55, 76–77, 213n33 Barber Shop, The, 215n52 Barnes, Peter, 137 Barr, Charles, 145 Barr, Roseanne, 196–97 Barrios, Richard, 16, 231n10 Barrymore, John, 16, 125 Barthes, Roland, 121–22 Beau Hunks, 140, 167 Beavers, Herman, 195 Bech, Henning, 146 Beckett, Samuel, 18, 205n63 Bederman, Gail, 20, 60 Be Kind Rewind, 193 Belushi, John, 194, 196 Benchley, Robert, 84 Index 249 250 | index Benny, Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky), 5, 8, 22, 23, 77, 80, 87, 111–14, 136–38, 197– 98, 199, 221n1, 221–22n3, 222n8, 223– 24n33, 225n43, 226n67; Buck Benny Rides Again, 22, 114–15, 129–36; Love Thy Neighbor, 22, 114–15, 129, 133–37, 226n67; and on-air feud with Fred Allen, 134–35, 226n62; The Jack Benny Program (radio show), 22, 111–14, 223n25, 223n33, 224n34, 224n35; and radio cast, 122–24, 126–29; and vocal performance, 114–22, 224n37 Bergen, Edgar, 8, 28, 215n50 Bergson, Henri, 10–12, 36–37 Berkeley, Busby, 90 Berkowitz, Edward D., 113 Berlin, Irving, 104 Bernie, 193 Best Years of Our Lives, The, 49, 189–90 Big Broadcast of 1937, The, 115 Big Broadcast of 1938, The, 28 Big Parade, The, 175 Black, Jack, 191–93 Blackface, 98–100, 219n57, 219–20n58, 220n63, 220n64; in Ali Baba Goes to Town, 107–8; and Al Jolson, 99–101; and Eddie Cantor, 21–22, 81–84, 94, 99–101; in Kid Millions, 103–4; in Roman Scandals, 101–3 Blades of Glory, 192 Blossom Time (stage), 56 Blue Angel, The, 217–18n35 Boland, Mary, 14 Bonnie Scotland, 140, 166, 227n14 Boomerang, 195 Boone, Daniel, 59, 154 Borat, 229n43 Bordwell, David, 116 Boskin, Joseph, 128, 220n63 Boxwell, David, 169–70 Boyarin, Daniel, 81, 93–94 Boy Scouts of America, The (organization), 154 Boys in the Band, The (stage), 124 Braudy, Leo, 172–73, 175–76 Breen Office, 26, 33, 131, 206n7, 213n33. See also Hays Code Brian, Mary, 72, 74 Brice, Fanny, 84 Bridesmaids, 198–99 Bringing Up Father (comic strip), 61 Broadway, 8, 13–14, 20, 21, 111, 113, 116, 231–32n14; and Abbott and Costello, 171; and Eddie Cantor, 80, 84–86, 94, 99, 216n18, 217n23; and W. C. Fields, 55–58, 61–62, 77, 209n50; and Mae West, 30–34, 36; and Wheeler and Woolsey, 169 Broadway Melody of 1936, 115 Brooks, Albert, 109 Brown, Joe E., 8, 166 Buchman, Frank, 26, 206n3 Buck Benny Rides Again, 22, 114–15, 129–36 Buck Privates, 23, 162–63, 165–68, 172, 176–79, 181–87, 230n3, 233n35 Buck Privates Come Home, 188–90 Bukatman, Scott, 146 Bungle Family, The (comic strip), 61 Bunny, John, 13 Burlesque (stage), 99, 166, 170–71, 176, 178, 182, 184, 189, 231–32n14 Burnett, Carol, 196 Burns, George, 28, 87, 140 Busch, Mae, 149, 156, 159 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 145 Butler, Judith, 20–21, 28; Bodies That Matter, 17, 47–48; Gender Trouble, 17, 19, 34–35, 209n39 Buttons, Red, 194 Cabin in the Sky, 16 Calloway, Cabell “Cab,” 107, 221n77 Campaign, The, 192 Cantor, Eddie (Edward Israel Iskowitz), 5, 8, 12, 13, 21–22, 23–24, 77, 79–87, 111–12, 120, 169, 170, 193...

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