{"product_id":"marty-feldman-the-biography-of-a-comedy-legend-9780857683786","title":"Marty Feldman: The Biography of a Comedy Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Ross\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Titan Books (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Titan Books (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Myers thinks he was \"a genius,\" while John Cleese regards him as \"a true cultural icon.\" He was an architect of British comedy, paving the way for Monty Python, and then became a major Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks' \u003ci\u003eYoung Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. A writer, director, performer and true pioneer of his art, he died aged only 48. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis name was Marty Feldman, and here, at last, is the first ever biography. Acclaimed author Robert Ross has interviewed Marty's friends and family, including his sister Pamela, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and also draws from extensive, previously unpublished and often hilarious interviews with Marty himself, taped in preparation for the autobiography he never wrote. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one before or since has had a career quite like Marty's. Beginning in the dying days of variety theatre, he went from the behind the scenes scriptwriting triumphs of \u003ci\u003eRound the Horne\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Frost Report\u003c\/i\u003e to onscreen stardom in\u003ci\u003e At Last the 1948 Show\u003c\/i\u003e and his own hit series \u003ci\u003eMarty\u003c\/i\u003e. That led to transatlantic success, his work with Mel Brooks, and a five-picture deal to write and direct his own movies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his youth as a tramp on the streets of London, to the height of his fame in America - where he encountered everyone from Orson Welles to Kermit the Frog, before his Hollywood dream became a nightmare - this is the fascinating story of a key figure in the history of comedy, fully told for the first time.","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46290189680791,"sku":"9780857683786","price":2531.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780857683786.webp?v=1767701159","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/marty-feldman-the-biography-of-a-comedy-legend-9780857683786","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}