Modified On January 11, 2006
Billing it as “the first academic collection of its kind,” Emerson College is introducing the American Comedy Archives. The Boston Herald article says many funny people have graduated from Emerson.
Spearheaded by 1950 Emerson grad and Quincy native Bill Dana, who became famous in the 1950s and ’60s as “chief astronaut, Jose Jimenez,” the project has filmed interviews with dozens of writers, producers and performers who made us laugh in the 20th century.
Philadelphia lost the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame to Cleveland. Now this. What’s left for Philly?