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From the Archives: Master Roasters Freddie Roman and Jeffrey Ross.

The documentary film, "Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: a Salute to the Friars" provides an inside look at the club where show business entertainers meet and then roast each other. The 1999 film has just been released on video. Such comic luminaries as George Burns, Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, as well as entertainers Will Rogers, George M. Cohan, and Irving Berlin were members of the Friars club. We listen back to an interview with two current members of the Friars-- Freddie Roman, the Dean of the New York Friars' Club, and comic Jeffrey Ross. Both are featured in the documentary. (REBROADCAST FROM 10/25/99)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 1, 2000: Interview with Nick Park and Peter Lord; Review of the television show "Queer as Folk"; Interview with Freddie Roman and Jeffrey Ross; Review of the film…
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From the Archives: Nick Park and Peter Lord Discuss "Chicken Run."

Director/producer Nick Park is the academy award- winning creator of the much-loved animated British characters Wallace & Gromit. Director/producer Peter Lord is Chairman and co-founder of the clay animation studios Aardman, where Park created his short films featuring Wallace & Gromit (“A Grand Day Out,” “The Wrong Trousers” and “A Close Shave.”) They collaborated on their first full-length feature film, “Chicken Run” an animated escape film with chickens as the escapers. It’s now out on video. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/19/2000)

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A Controversial New Series.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new show “Queer as Folk,” which premieres on Showtime this Sunday night. The series is an American version of the controversial British show of the same name.

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Documentary Director Dean Ward.

Documentary director Dean Ward. His new film, "Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: a Salute to the Friars" is about the Friars club, the place where show business entertainers meet and then roast each other. Such comic luminaries as George Burns, Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, as well as entertainers Will Rogers, George M. Cohan, and Irving Berlin were members. Then we meet two current members of the Friars. The documentary premieres on Cinemax tomorrow, Tuesday, October 26th. Also Comedy Central features the Friars' Club roast of comic Jerry Stiller, Wednesday, October 27th.

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