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‘The Day the Clown Cried’: Behind the scenes of the infamous Jerry Lewis film

15th March 2013 – 10:22

This is a guest post from Tabitha Vidaurri, a writer and comedinette from Brooklyn In 1971 Jerry Lewis infamously directed and starred in a film about the Holocaust titled The Day the Clown Cried. For reasons that are still unclear, Lewis chose to depart from his trademark slapstick formula and play the role of Helmut […]

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When Duran Duran supported Hazel O’Connor’s Megahype

22nd January 2013 – 10:58

A fab piece of pop memorabilia from the wonderful broadcaster and journalist, Andy Kershaw, who writes: ‘This letter was sent to me (as the Ents Secretary of Leeds University) some time in November 1980. ‘I still think they were slightly overpaid.’ The letter from M.A.M. Agency was by way booking a band called Duran Duran […]

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