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A Hundred Years, a Million Laughs: A Centennial Celebration of the Friars Club

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The Friars Club is a showbusiness icon and a legendary entertainment organization principally known for its Friars Club Roasts, Friars Club Testimonials, and Friars Club Frolics where the best names of 20th Century American entertainment regularly engaged in ribald comedy and musical merry-making. A Hundred Years, A Million Laughs : A Centennial Celebration Of The Friars Club by Barry Dougherty will serve to introduce a whole new generation of readers to this famously secretive organizations's "monastery" located in midtown Manhattan, as it reveals the group's colorful history from its humble beginnings in 1904 down to its present day worldwide popularity. Enhanced with almost 200 photographs and timeless Al Hirschfeld caricatures, A Hundred years, A Millions Laughs is a unique masterpiece of American humor, show biz, and pop culture history that would embellish any personal, academic, or community library collection.

In midtown Manhattan, there can be found the headquarters of a secret organization with a very colorful history with worldwide recognition. If you are thinking of Skull and Bones, or buried religious artifacts you are wrong.

The Friars Club is a legendary organization whose members are the top names in American show business. A Hundred Years, A Million Laughs: A Centennial Celebration Of The Friars Club by Barry Dougherty is a magnificent introduction to those icons, perhaps unknown by those born after Baby Boomers, who idolized these tremendous talents.

It's an amazing, entertaining and informative read, made that much better with about 200 photos. It also includes caricatures drawn by the legendary Al Herschfeld. This book is a tremendous resource of popular culture information.

Highly recommended.

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