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Comedy Chronicles: Remembering Dick Shawn with Wendy Shawn Travolta

February 07, 2022 Jen Stewart
The Borscht Belt Tattler
Comedy Chronicles: Remembering Dick Shawn with Wendy Shawn Travolta
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Show Notes

Today on The Borscht Belt Tattler, I chat with Wendy Shawn Travolta, daughter of Dick Shawn, a brilliant and one of a kind comedian who is best remembered for his roles as Sylvester Marcus from Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Lorenzo St. DuBois in Mel Brooks' The Producers (1968). In our conversation, Wendy s shares many stories including the start of his career in the Catskills, the comics who were influenced by his work and her close relationship with her father. Enjoy! 

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