For the Love of Laughter: An Online Course in Classic Film Comedy
I owe my love of film to being introduced at an early age to the classic movie comedians, including Abbott & Costello, the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, and all six of The Three Stooges. Their movies are still precious to me, and classic comedy remains my favorite film genre. Those movies just make life better.
If you share a love of classic film comedy, or if the genre is one of your cinematic black holes that you’d like to explore, you now have the chance to learn more on the subject from actor, comedian, author, and film historian Nick Santa Maria. Not only is Nick a supremely talented actor who co-starred in my favorite DVD release of 2018, The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster (as half of a fake 1930s comedy team). Over the past few years, Nick has been teaching courses in film and television history at Cal State Camarillo and UCLA. In other words, he knows his stuff.
If you live outside of the Los Angeles area, you can now purchase his course on the great movie comedians online. I can’t think of a more enjoyable subject or a more engaging teacher.
Below is a description of the course, and the links will take you to site where you can purchase it.
Join Author & Film Historian, Nick Santa Maria in 15 GREAT ONLINE VIDEO LESSONS all about the great film comedians of yesteryear, from the silent film era, through the talkies and television!
What you’ll get:
- Knowledge
- Film Clips and Photos
- Laughter
- 3 1/2 Hours of Lessons
- The ability to help animals! A portion of your purchase will be donated in YOUR NAME, to “THE GENTLE BARN”, a national charity which resues abused and abandoned animals.
- After your ONE TIME PAYMENT, you will be prompted to create an account where you will get INSTANT ACCESS to all 15 videos totalling over 3 1/2 hours of lessons!
Get ready to LEARN & LAUGH!
About Nick Santa Maria
A native New Yorker, Nick Santa Maria grew up studying the people, films, television shows, and radio work from a previous era. He felt an unexplainable affinity for vintage show business. He has written articles on the subject, film history book forewords, and has written two books, COMEDY CRAZY, 60 Essays About Vintage Comedy (awaiting publishing), and The Annotated Abbott and Costello (available in August via McFarland Publishing). He has also been performing himself for the past 45 years as a stand up comedian, a Broadway actor (GREASE!, and Mel Brooks’ THE PRODUCERS), on film in HOLY MAN w/Eddie Murphy, The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster, and THE PRODUCERS. He was seen on TV in THE GLADES, THE BUFFALO BILL SHOW, JELLYBEAN JUNGLE, and more. In fact, he has performed in every form of show business except Ballet and Circus, He was also the original Genie in Disney’s Aladdin, A Musical Spectacular. Nick now resides in Los Angeles where he is one of a few go-to guys when it comes to vintage show business information. Nick also teaches courses in film/media history at Cal State Camarillo, and at UCLA. He is now in the process of presenting his programs in theatrical venues.
