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“Chain of Fools” on the Silent Comedy Watch Party!

We got a much appreciated morale boost over the weekend, when the Silent Clowns guys Ben Model and Steve Massa gave our book Chain of Fools a wonderful endorsement on their online show The Silent Comedy Watch Party. Ben and Steve have been diligently producing this show since the start of the pandemic — Now I’ve got some catching up to do and I need to watch all the shows, as they are so productive it’s very easy to fall behind. They’re among the most knowledgable guys alive when it comes to silent comedy, so their kind words mean a lot. Watch the episode in question here (The plug for me and my book is near the end), And then watch all the other episodes, ’cause it’s great!)

 

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Writer and performer Trav S.D. (www.travsd.com) is best known for his books "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (2005) and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube" (2013). He has written for the NY Times, the Village Voice, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Reason, the Villager and numerous other publications. Trav has been in the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers. He has directed his own plays, revues and solo pieces at such venues as Joe’s Pub, La Mama, HERE, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, the Brick, and 6 separate shows in the NY International Fringe Festival. In 2014 he produced and directed the smash-hit "I’ll Say She Is", the first ever revival of the Marx Brothers hit 1924 Broadway show in the NY International Fringe Festival.