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Name: Garry Marshall
Birth Date: November 13, 1934
Place of Birth: New York, N.Y
Gender: Male

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Biography of Garry Marshall
2,714 words, approx. 9 pages
"I was mediocre journalist, a mediocre musician, a mediocre actor, a mediocre athlete. I had to find something I could do well."1 A surprising beginning for a man who, on the night of January 28, 1979, had created the three toprated shows on network...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Marshall, Garry (1934—) Summary
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New Yorker Garry Marshall (born Marscharelli) wrote a memoir called Wake Me When It's Funny. The title reveals the creative drive behind a man who, whether as scriptwriter, producer, or director, became a linchpin in the growth of popular TV...
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Garry Marshall Information
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Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American...


News and Journals
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The Washington Times
Steins' playful, limited; Many comic possibilities falter, but Garry Marshall's a winner.(SHOW)(MOVIES)
05/26/2006: 577 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: Christian Toto, THE WASHINGTON TIMES First-time director Scott Marshall is as big a mensch as his famous father. Garry Marshall is the brains behind such bland, benevolent sitcoms as "Mork & Mindy" and "Happy Days" as well as harmless features such as...
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Variety
Fonzie croons tunes; sitcom makes rare TV-to-stage leap.(Garry Marshall's new theater play 'Happy Days')
02/27/2006: 628 words, approx. 2 pages
HOLLYWOOD TV has yet to make it to Broadway or even the regional stage, but Garry Marshall has four years invested in making "Happy Days" the show that breaks the barrier. "Happy Days," a tuner based on his wildly successful 1950s-set sitcom, has...
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The New York Observer
Fonda, Felicity and Lindsay Flounder in Georgia
5/15/2007: 561 words, approx. 2 pages
Georgia Rule Running Time 113 minutes Directed By Garry Marshall Written By Mark Andrus Starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman Jane Fonda can do just about anything, but first you have to give her something to do. A dismal abomination called Georgia Rule gives...
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AP News
Review: `Georgia' a melodramatic mess
5/8/2007: 790 words, approx. 3 pages
With "Georgia Rule," Lindsay Lohan has made her "Gigli."That's partly because it's as epically awful as that notorious 2003 bomb starring the artist formerly known as Bennifer. Primarily, though, it's because Lohan's well-documented off-camera antics are such a distraction, as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Frank Rich
500 words, approx. 2 pages
It is not a pretty world on display at the Winter Garden [in "The Roast"]…. Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall, two television writers, want nothing more than to expose the seamiest side of their own business. Their characters are comedians—beloved comedians, talented comedians, superstars—and they are all sick. They alternately grovel and backbite, hoping to advance their careers and settle old scores. They dream of hookers and money, of drugs and power, of sit-com spinoffs ...
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Critical Essay by Howard Thompson
404 words, approx. 1 pages
This tired, aimlessly frisky comedy ["How Sweet It Is!"] is about as sweet as a dill pickle…. Unfortunately, what begins as a bouncy frolic about a fortyish couple involved with some teen-age girls on a European tour starts meandering, then flounders in a welter of stale gags, and finally does an inane nosedive.
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Critical Essay by David A. England
237 words, approx. 1 pages
The humaneness of the Fonz is one of the most unfortunate oversights in many of our students' viewing weeks. In our day, the Fonz is a throwback, not only to the halcyon days of the fifties (my, how we romanticize the past!), but also to a time when right and wrong were easier to define, when one could be both "cool" and respectful, and to a time when teenaged passion was an innocuous as a kiss. True, kisses meted out by the Fonz are frequent and lengthy, but he is recognized by others ...
 


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