Writing a weekly TV show for a famous comic is anything but easy.Writing a weekly TV show for a famous comic is anything but easy.Writing a weekly TV show for a famous comic is anything but easy.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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- TriviaThe following characters are based on the following real-life people as follows: Lucas Brickman on Neil Simon; Max Prince on Sid Caesar; Kenny Franks on Larry Gelbart; Val Slotsky on Mel Tolkin; Brian Doyle on Tony Webster; Milt Fields on Sheldon Keller; Carol Wyman on Lucille Kallen; Ira Stone on Mel Brooks; and Harry Prince on Sid Caesar's brother Dave Caesar. There is no character based on Woody Allen.
- GoofsIra's last name is Chuvney in the film, Stone in the credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001)
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You can't rely on good actors alone
Thanks, mercutio-8 for the information that it was based on a play, that helped me to understand that there might have been something to it once... But now there is almost no plot at all, just a couple of scenes with heavy bantering (sometimes somewhat funny) and some very unstructured criticism of the McCarthy era.
There has to be more to be made out of this concept - comedy under the strain of self-imposed (?) censorship during McCarthyism, rivalry and yet comradeship between writers, the actual process of brainstorming, the early TV-market economy demands from media barons vs. artistic freedom. I think there was an ambition to show these different themes - although the director accomplished none of the above.
No shadow should fall on the actors though - they're all top of the line. But when they get such a lousy script to work with, what can they do?
There has to be more to be made out of this concept - comedy under the strain of self-imposed (?) censorship during McCarthyism, rivalry and yet comradeship between writers, the actual process of brainstorming, the early TV-market economy demands from media barons vs. artistic freedom. I think there was an ambition to show these different themes - although the director accomplished none of the above.
No shadow should fall on the actors though - they're all top of the line. But when they get such a lousy script to work with, what can they do?
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- fredriksson67
- Jun 20, 2005
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- Laughter on the twenty-third floor
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001) officially released in Canada in English?
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