The ringmaster at saturday night live

The writers Dick Cavett interviewed – backstage and on air

It’s a joy watching our favourite singers or actors, but though we might admire them and enjoy the happiness they bring, do we ever give a thought as to how precarious the world of entertainment actua

On the morning of 15 November 2007, Morten Lauridsen stepped onto a podium in the East Room of the White House to receive the National Medal of Arts from president George W Bush. He was 64 at the time

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CHAD MUMM

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz