Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Michael Kantor
(6 episodes, 2009)

Series Writing Credits

Michael Kantor
(written by) (6 episodes, 2009)
Jon Macks
(special material: Billy Crystal) (2 episodes, 2009)
Jon Macks
(writer) (1 episode, 2009)
Laurence Maslon
(written by) (5 episodes, 2009)

Series Cast

Billy Crystal
 Self - Host 6 episodes, 2009
Amy Sedaris
 Self - Narrator / ... 6 episodes, 2009
Leonard Maltin
 Self - Film Critic / ... 5 episodes, 2009
Robert Klein
 Self / ... 4 episodes, 2009
George Carlin
 Self - Comedian / ... 4 episodes, 2009
Larry Gelbart
 Self - Writer / ... 4 episodes, 2009
Joan Rivers
 Self - Comedienne 4 episodes, 2009
Anne Beatts
 Self - Writer / ... 4 episodes, 2009
Chris Rock
 Self - Comedian 4 episodes, 2009
Larry Wilmore
 Self 4 episodes, 2009
George Schlatter
 Self - Producer / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Judd Apatow
 Director / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Michael McKean
 Self / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Joe Adamson
 Self - Film Historian 3 episodes, 2009
Jonathan Winters
 Self - Comedian / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Dick Gregory
 Self - Comedian / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Richard Lewis
 Self - Comedian 3 episodes, 2009
Kaye Ballard
 Self / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Jason Alexander
 Self - Actor 3 episodes, 2009
Conan O'Brien
 Self / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Carl Reiner
 Self 3 episodes, 2009
Dick Smothers
 Self - Comedian / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Garry Marshall
 Self 3 episodes, 2009
Whoopi Goldberg
 Self 3 episodes, 2009
Dick Van Dyke
 Self 3 episodes, 2009
Richard Belzer
 Actor / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Shelley Berman
 Self / ... 3 episodes, 2009
David Steinberg
 Director / ... 3 episodes, 2009
Robert J. Thompson
 Self - Cultural Historian 3 episodes, 2009
Hal Kanter
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Bill Irwin
 Self - Actor 2 episodes, 2009
Max Wilk
 Self - Writer 2 episodes, 2009
Jean Carroll
 Self - Comedian 2 episodes, 2009
Phyllis Diller
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Dick Cavett
 Self - Talk Show Host 2 episodes, 2009
Hugh Hefner
 Self - 'Playboy' / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Jerry Seinfeld
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Cheech Marin
 Self - Comedian / ... 2 episodes, 2009
George Shapiro
 Self - Manager of Andy Kaufman / ... 2 episodes, 2009
James Burrows
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 2009
James L. Brooks
 Self 2 episodes, 2009
Steve Martin
 Self 2 episodes, 2009
Richard Zoglin
 Self - Critic 2 episodes, 2009
Larry David
 Actor / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Roseanne Barr
 Self 2 episodes, 2009
Susie Essman
 Self - Comedian 2 episodes, 2009
Tommy Davidson
 Self 2 episodes, 2009
Tom Smothers
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Paul Mooney
 Comedian / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Lewis J. Stadlen
 Self - Actor 2 episodes, 2009
Alan Zweibel
 Self - Writer 2 episodes, 2009
Joe Franklin
 Self / ... 2 episodes, 2009
Gerard Jones
 Self - Cultural Historian 2 episodes, 2009
Daphne Brooks
 Self - Cultural Historian 2 episodes, 2009
Mel Watkins
 Self - Cultural Historian 2 episodes, 2009
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes
 Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd 1 episode, 2009
Gerald Nachman
 Self - Cultural Historian 1 episode, 2009
Lily Tomlin
 Self 1 episode, 2009
George Lopez
 Self - Comedian 1 episode, 2009
Jaleel White
 Self - Actor 1 episode, 2009
Will Ferrell
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Carol Burnett
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Bob Newhart
 Self - Comedian 1 episode, 2009
Jerry Lewis
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Bill Maher
 Self - Comedian 1 episode, 2009
Joyce Randolph
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Rose Marie
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Norman Lear
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Sid Caesar
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Matt Groening
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Joy Behar
 Self - Comedian 1 episode, 2009
Jeffrey Ross
 Self - Comedian 1 episode, 2009
Jeff Foxworthy
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Carlos Mencia
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Reynaldo Rey
 Self - Comedian 1 episode, 2009
Bud Yorkin
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Mort Sahl
 Self - Comedian 1 episode, 2009
Peter Kastner
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Madelyn Davis
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Jay Sandrich
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Joan Benny
 Self - Daughter of Jack Benny 1 episode, 2009
Max Mutchnick
 Self - Writer 1 episode, 2009
Bernie Brillstein
 Manager / ... 1 episode, 2009
Bill Marx
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Jeffrey Vance
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Paul Krassner
 Satirist / ... 1 episode, 2009
William Tankersley
 Self - Vice President of Program Practices, CBS 1 episode, 2009
Bob Carroll
 Self 1 episode, 2009
Ben Yagoda
 Self - Biographer: Will Rogers 1 episode, 2009
Stephen Cox
 Self - Film Historian 1 episode, 2009
Patricia Eliot Tobias
 Self - Film Historian 1 episode, 2009
Jill Watts
 Self - Mae West Biographer 1 episode, 2009
Bill Cobbs
 Self (uncredited) 1 episode, 2009
Keith Gerchak
 Samuel Leslie (uncredited) 1 episode, 2009

Series Produced by

Erika Frankel
co-producer (6 episodes, 2009)
Michael Kantor
producer (6 episodes, 2009)
Sally Rosenthal
producer (6 episodes, 2009)
John Beug
executive producer: Rhino Entertainment (5 episodes, 2009)
Tina Fletcher-Hill
executive producer: BBC (5 episodes, 2009)
David Horn
executive producer (5 episodes, 2009)
David M. Jackson
executive producer: BBC (5 episodes, 2009)
Ryan Minchin
executive producer: BBC (5 episodes, 2009)
Bill O'Donnell
supervising producer (5 episodes, 2009)
Julia Marchesi
consulting producer (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Music by

Stephen Ulrich
(2 episodes, 2009)
Peter Millrose
(1 episode, 2009)

Series Cinematography by

Ulli Bonnekamp
(1 episode, 2009)

Series Editing by

Kris Liem
(2 episodes, 2009)
Jed Parker
(2 episodes, 2009)
Pamela Scott Arnold
(1 episode, 2009)
Ed Barteski
(1 episode, 2009)

Series Makeup Department

Janet Arena
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)
Stacy Halax
key makeup artist (1 episode, 2009)
Shannon Hughey
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)
Cohl Katz
makeup artist (1 episode, 2009)
Marissa Lafayette
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)
Lea Nettles
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)
Michele O'Callaghan
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)
Stacey Stempler
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)
Brenda Todd
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)
Sachi Worrall
hair stylist / makeup (1 episode, 2009)

Series Production Management

Jane Buckwalter
production manager (1 episode, 2009)
Jeff Dockendorff
post-production supervisor (1 episode, 2009)
Sean Riordan
post-production supervisor (1 episode, 2009)

Series Art Department

Charley Beal
set designer (1 episode, 2009)
Brian O'Connell
graphics (1 episode, 2009)
Rich O'Connor
graphics (1 episode, 2009)
Richard O'Connor
graphics (1 episode, 2009)
B.T. Whitehill
titles (1 episode, 2009)

Series Sound Department

James Jack
sound mixer / sound (6 episodes, 2009)
Doug Johnson
post-production sound (6 episodes, 2009)
Branka Mrkic
dialogue editor (6 episodes, 2009)
John Zecca
sound recordist (6 episodes, 2009)
Angela Organ
assistant sound editor (5 episodes, 2009)
Ed Campbell
re-recording mixer (1 episode, 2009)
Steve Longstreth
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Mark Mandler
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Roger Phenix
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
E. Benjamin Posnack
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Jayme Roy
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Mark Roy
sound / sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Bob Schuck
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Robert Silverthorne
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Jay Ticer
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)
Deborah Wallach
supervising sound editor (1 episode, 2009)
Merce Williams
sound recordist (1 episode, 2009)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Ned Hallick
lighting director / lighting technician (5 episodes, 2009)
John M. Roche
gaffer (5 episodes, 2009)
Craig Feldman
assistant camera / gaffer (2 episodes, 2009)
Chris Barron
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Damon Bundschuh
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Matt Burke
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Richard Chisholm
additional cinematographer (1 episode, 2009)
Luke Deikis
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Ian Eastman
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Kit Eibenebetto
second grip (1 episode, 2009)
Stan Fyfe
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Tim Gordon
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Tom Guadarrama
camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Manny Gutierrez
camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Kevin Hunt
gaffer (1 episode, 2009)
Mead Hunt
camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Stephen Kazmierski
additional cinematographer (1 episode, 2009)
Alex Klymkl
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Rick Malkames
additional cinematographer (1 episode, 2009)
John Nastase
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Jeffrey Osborne
video operator (1 episode, 2009)
Allan Palmer
camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Kelly Richardson
key grip (1 episode, 2009)
Sharra Romany
assistant camera (1 episode, 2009)
Gerald Russell
assistant camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Anthony Salvaggio
electric swing (1 episode, 2009)
Jacob Sauerbrey
electric swing (1 episode, 2009)
Kipjaz Savoie
assistant camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Keith Sikora
assistant camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Buddy Squires
additional cinematographer (1 episode, 2009)
Katie Strand
assistant camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Jeff Sutch
additional cinematographer (1 episode, 2009)
Lieven Van Hulle
assistant camera operator (1 episode, 2009)
Marc Wall
assistant camera operator (1 episode, 2009)

Series Casting Department

Jon Berman
voice casting (1 episode, 2009)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department

Scott Farley
wardrobe (1 episode, 2009)

Series Editorial Department

Paulo Padilha
assistant editor (6 episodes, 2009)
Lucia Giovanniello
assistant editor (1 episode, 2009)
Irene Kassow
assistant editor (1 episode, 2009)
Alan Miller
on-line editor (1 episode, 2009)
Branka Mrkic
dialogue editor (1 episode, 2009)
Eric Treiber
assistant editor (1 episode, 2009)

Series Music Department

Emily Lee
music services (6 episodes, 2009)
Rosemary Fishel
music supervisor (1 episode, 2009)

Series Additional Crew

Arlen Appelbaum
legal & business affairs (6 episodes, 2009)
Nicolas Edelbach
production team (6 episodes, 2009)
Jason Kouzikas
production associate (6 episodes, 2009)
Jeff Abraham
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Anne Beatts
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Barry Dougherty
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Rachel Dratch
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Eddy Friedfeld
advisor / senior consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Michael Frisch
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Barry Goldsmith
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Allan Neuwirth
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Mel Watkins
advisor / consultant (5 episodes, 2009)
Gerald Nachman
advisor (3 episodes, 2009)
Matthew Tischler
production coordinator (4 episodes, 2009)
Elisabeth Weis
consultant (3 episodes, 2009)
Max Wilk
consultant (3 episodes, 2009)
Christina Aceto
logger (1 episode, 2009)
Lindsay Blatt
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Lawrence Brown
accountant (1 episode, 2009)
Nicole Cumminskey
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Daniel Goodwin
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Amy Gottung
production coordinator (1 episode, 2009)
Charles Hershow
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Susan Johnson
production staff (1 episode, 2009)
James Kendrick
legal services (1 episode, 2009)
Neha Kumar
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Eliora Noetzel
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Jonathan Rhymes
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Lauren Betsy Riley
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Jared Rosenberg
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Robert Spinner
accountant (1 episode, 2009)
Curtis Stiles
production associate (1 episode, 2009)
Shweta Suratkar
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Hannah Tamminen
production team (1 episode, 2009)
Michael Weinstein-Reiman
coordinator (1 episode, 2009)
Lande Yoosuf
production team (1 episode, 2009)

Series Thanks

Jeff Abraham
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Nancy Carlen
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Carol Cole
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
A. Stone Freedberg
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Steve Garrin
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Tanner Gibson
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Chris Jaehnig
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Don Joint
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Gary Kingston
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Matt Labov
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Peter Laird
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Edie Landau
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Rosanne Limoncelli
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Doug Miller
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
C. Bruce Parker
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Andrea Rosenthal
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Jennifer Rowe
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
David Steinberg
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Buddy Teich
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Larry Wilde
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
Scott Wolfe
special thanks (1 episode, 2009)
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