David C. Tucker, Author

How many performers whose careers began before the advent of motion pictures have had their achievements lost to history? Yes, we remember a...

The book is called  OMG! It's Harvey Korman's Son!  and that proves to be quite a fitting title for Chris Korman's memoir (with ...

Most movie fans know that Columbia produced short comedy films starring the Three Stooges for more than 20 years. But how many of us are a...

Given the acclaim and popularity of the late Richard Pryor (1940-2005), it's not surprising that Hollywood executives eagerly gave him...

Happy birthday to writer/comedian Bill Dana, still kicking at the age of 92. Born October 5, 1924, Dana had his own TV sitcom, aptly title...

I was a Groucho Marx fan even before I knew much about the famous Marx Brothers as a group. That's attributable mainly to the 1970s sy...

Comic co-stars in $1,000 a Touchdown. Happy birthday (in memoriam) to comedian Joe E. Brown (1891-1973), born July 28. He was Martha Ray...

For many of us, Sunday, March 13 is the day we Spring Forward into Daylight Savings Time. Hopefully you have an easier way to adjust your ...

Born on this date in 1933, Joan Rivers managed the considerable feat of keeping her career going for more than 50 years. In the 1960s, she...

If you've read half as much on motion picture and television history as I have over the years, you certainly know the name of author J...

Perhaps this should be a blog entry with only pictures, no words, to honor the memory of Harpo Marx, born (with the given name Adolph) on th...

Although I included a chapter on Joan Davis in The Women Who Made Television Funny , I hesitated before going forward with a full book about...

The star of The Joe Penner Show at the microphone. In 2014, his career wouldn't amount to much more than a Trivial Pursuit question....

As a longtime aficionado of classic TV and radio, I certainly knew the name of Ed Wynn (1886-1966), but not much more than the barest outlin...