Elliott, Bob

Overview

Works:	260 works in 796 publications in 2 languages and 5,144 library holdings
Genres:	Humor Radio comedies Drama Comedy films Documentary television programs Variety shows (Radio programs) Autobiographies Nonfiction television programs Science television programs Film adaptations
Roles:	Author, Host, Performer, Actor, Narrator, 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 )
[Bob and Ray interviewed as they begin a 14 week series on National Public Radio] by Bob Elliott( Recording )

Most widely held works by Bob Elliott

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

6 editions published between 1983 and 1985 in English and held by 678 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 590 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

4 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 459 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bob and Ray's whimsically ridiculous dialogues and subtly satirical glances at the world have regaled audiences for fifty years -- on local and network radio and television, in movies and commercials, on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall, and in three delightful books. In an exclusive performance of skits from their third book, these beloved humorists take you into their world of restrained craziness and of gentle and relentless satire

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 443 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 )

1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 248 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 Bill Murray( Visual )

3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 239 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 Bob and Ray show( Recording )

222 editions published between 1952 and 1953 in English and held by 222 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

11 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of material from the Bob & Ray radio program

Cold turkey by Norman Lear( Visual )

4 editions published between 2010 and 2018 in English and held by 168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

William Wegman paintings by William Wegman( Book )

2 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 151 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

Author! Author! by Arthur Hiller( Visual )

3 editions published between 1982 and 2007 in English and held by 122 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 )

12 editions published between 1970 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 115 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents 9 comedy skits from the Bob and Ray radio program

The Best of Benchley by Robert Benchley( Recording )

4 editions published between 1983 and 1989 in English and held by 107 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Bob and Ray show( Recording )

96 editions published between 1952 and 1953 in English and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Bob and Ray show( Recording )

79 editions published between 1951 and 1952 in English and Estonian and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

10 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in English and held by 79 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

Get a life : the complete series( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 77 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 O'Franken factor factor : the very best of the O'Franken factor by Al Franken( Recording )

3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

10 editions published between 1991 and 2005 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents 74 comedy routines from the Bob and Ray radio routines

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

5 editions published between 1984 and 1996 in English and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Comedy sketches, many originally written for radio performance