Elliott, Bob

Overview

Works:	131 works in 756 publications in 2 languages and 5,244 library holdings
Genres:	Documentary television programs Variety shows (Radio programs) Humor Drama Radio comedies Comedy films Nonfiction television programs Science television programs Film adaptations Nonfiction radio programs
Roles:	Author, Host, Performer, Actor, Commentator
Classifications:	PN6162, 791.4472

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Bob Elliott

Bob and Ray, keener than most persons : the backstage story of Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding by David Pollock( Book )
Bob and Ray : keener than most persons by David Pollock( Book )

Most widely held works by Bob Elliott

From approximately coast to coast ... it's The Bob and Ray show by Bob Elliott( Book )

4 editions published between 1983 and 1985 in English and held by 722 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

52 choice selections from the very best of Bob and Ray

Write if you get work : the best of Bob & Ray by Bob Elliott( Book )

7 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Photographs and caricatures are combined with classic skits and jokes that typify the rich humor of the two comedians

The Bob and Ray show by Bob Elliott( Recording )

528 editions published between 1951 and 1953 in English and Estonian and held by 529 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The new! improved! Bob & Ray book by Bob Elliott( Book )

3 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and held by 489 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Daddy's boy : a son's shocking account of life with a famous father by Chris Elliott( Book )

2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chris Elliott tells the story of his life with his famous father, Bob Elliott

The creation of the universe by Timothy Ferris( Visual )

2 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in English and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the ultimate detective story: the creation of the universe. Go on a cosmic ride, from the Big Bang 15 billion years ago, to the frontiers of science today. The program also takes viewers around the world, visiting with today's great thinkers, including physicist Stephen Hawking, and Nobel Prize winners Murray Gell-Mann and Steven Weinberg. From quarks to quasars, the scientists explore a host of provocative ideas

Quick change by Margaret Johnson( Visual )

1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A frazzled urbanite and his two friends (Murray, Davis and Quaid) take a bank's employees and customers hostage and proceed to rob the bank of millions of dollars. By posing as a crazed Vietnam vet, Murray stalls the police chief (Robards) from storming the bank to free the hostages while he and his accomplices walk away, but their perfect escape is being ruined because they can't seem to get out of town

The very best of Bob & Ray : legends of comedy( Recording )

1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of material from the Bob & Ray radio program

William Wegman paintings by William Wegman( Book )

1 edition published in 2016 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Wegman's postcard paintings reflect a lifetime of engagement with narrative, perspective, art history, architecture, popular culture, humour and philosophy in art. Starting with one or more vintage postcards, Wegman constructs scenes that range from intimate interiors to cosmic vistas, filling audaciously complex spaces with intriguing incident. Collected together, the paintings possess the universal, encyclopedic and mysterious qualities of their source materials and are accompanied by stories made up by a stellar roster of contributors. -- Provided by publisher

The Best of Benchley by Robert Benchley( Recording )

4 editions published between 1983 and 1989 in English and held by 126 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Author! Author! by Arthur Hiller( Visual )

3 editions published between 1982 and 2007 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Playwright Travalian has a Broadway play in rehearsal. His wife leaves him, leaving behind four children from her previous marriages plus his own son for him to raise alone. Add to that his leading actress wants to move in with him

The two and only by Bob Elliott( Recording )

8 editions published between 1970 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The O'Franken factor factor : the very best of the O'Franken factor by Al Franken( Recording )

2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This disc features a compilation of sketches and songs from the Al Franken radio show

Cold turkey by Norman Lear( Visual )

1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 83 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Farce about an entire Iowa town that tries to give up smoking in order to win $25 million

Bob & Ray : a night of two stars by Bob Elliott( Recording )

10 editions published between 1984 and 1996 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Comedy sketches, many originally written for radio performance

Get a life : the complete series( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Here are the surreal, twisted, gratuitously violent, hilarious misadventures of Chris Peterson--a 30-year-old paperboy with an ever-decreasing grasp on reality ... Get a life has earned a rabid and disturbing cult following ..."--Container

The very best of Bob & Ray( )

6 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A comprehensive, career-spanning collection from the groundbreaking comedy duo Bob Elliott) and Ray (Goulding) that inspired (and continues to inspire) every comedian who came after. Before Bob & Ray, comedians told jokes. After Bob & Ray, they told stories. When they first got together in 1946 on WHDH-AM Boston, no one guessed that their subtle, intelligent, deadpan brand of humor would revolutionize the comedic landscape

The best of Bob & Ray. excerpts from the Bob & Ray Public Radio Show by Bob Elliott( Recording )

4 editions published between 1986 and 2003 in English and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"79 Bob & Ray bits, including Wally Ballou visits historic Sturdley House; Rudolph & Irma's Dance Studio; Ping Po, itinerant philosopher; "Anxiety"; Bib Burns in the Sports Room; old time announcer, Kent Lyle Birdley; Grand Motel; Artie Schermerhorn investigates defective ice cube trays, The McBeeBee Twins, plus 8 episodes of 'Garish Summit'."--Container

Classic Bob & Ray : selections from a career, 1946-1976 by Bob Elliott( Recording )

7 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents humorous excerpts from the Bob and Ray radio show

Classic Bob & Ray by Bob Elliott( Recording )

3 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

America's most captivating comedy team perform hilarious skits and sketches from their commercial radio career (1946-1976), cuts from out-of-print albums, and radio ads for clients real and ridiculous. Volume one contains 68 selections