Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Saul Austerlitz, author, Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy Order Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy by Saul Austerlitz, available in print or ebook from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! Image via WikipediaIf it’s a choice between watching drama or comedy, I always pick comedy.Why choose to get all weepy and sad when the other option is to fall off your chair laughing? I think the die was cast for me back in 1978, when Steve Goldin and I saw Animal House the night it opened at a theater in Princeton, NJ. I had seen comedies before, of course, but none that had ever worn me out. We laughed so hard at the antics of the Delta House gang that we went back again the next night. And quite a few more times after that. SAUL AUSTERLITZ podcast excerpt: "I wanted to broaden the definition of comedy to some extent. In terms of Renee Zellweger, I thought it was valuable to include some of the performers who had been quite funny in films more oriented to w