William White, Jr.
May, 1969
"Like Most Comedians, I'm a manic-depressive," Shecky Greene admits. Happily, there is little room for depression in the torrent of comedic mania with which he inundates audiences--elaborate vignettes on everything from NASA to the Arab-Israeli conflict and devastating impressions of such unlikely luminaries as Sophie Tucker, Harry Belafonte and Maria Ouspenskaya. In contrast with most of his fellow funnymen--who rely on written routines for their material--Shecky adlibs and refines hi...
