Beschrijving

Little could the author have imagined, drawing a pencil sketch of The Boys as a mere teenager, that a few years later he’d actually be meeting Laurel & Hardy’s boss-that Genial Purveyor of Joy and Laughter-HAL ROACH-and even less could he have imagined all the adventures and Brodies that were yet to unspool.

The author, a former comedy-crazed kid from San Diego, made a Laurel & Hardy style comedy on 8mm film at the age of 15.He first met Hal Roach in 1973 as a 20-year-old undergraduate of the UCLA Motion Picture/Television Department and interviewed him extensively for his term paper on American Film Comedy.Years later, Mr. Calman was invited by Mr. Roach to stay in his home and help the 96-year-old prepare the script for his \\