Wild and Loopy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the ’80s Modified Hollywood Perpetually

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEW YORK

“An pleasurable romp that vividly captures the manic ups and downs of the outstanding group of humorous people who gave us a golden age of small and large display comedy, from SNL to Groundhog Day.”—Peter Biskind, creator of Simple Riders, Raging Bulls

Wild and Loopy Guys opens in 1978 with Chevy Chase and Invoice Murray taking bad-tempered swings at one another backstage at
Saturday Night time Reside, and closes 21 years later with the 2 doing a skit in the identical venue, poking enjoyable at one another, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, Nick de Semlyen takes us on a visit by means of the tumultuous ’80s, delving behind the scenes of films resembling
Nationwide Lampoon’s Trip, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Soiled Rotten Scoundrels, and dozens extra. Chronicling the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Invoice Murray, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, John Belushi, John Sweet, and Rick Moranis, it is acquired medicine, intercourse, punch-ups, webbed toes, and Invoice Murray being pushed right into a swimming pool by Hunter S. Thompson whereas tied to a garden chair. What’s to not like?

Based mostly on candid interviews from most of the stars themselves, in addition to these of their quick orbit, together with administrators John Landis, Carl Reiner, and Amy Heckerling,
Wild and Loopy Guys is a unbelievable insider account of the friendships, feuds, triumphs, and disasters skilled by these beloved comedians. Hilarious and revealing, it’s each a hidden historical past of essentially the most fertile interval ever for display comedy and a celebration of among the hottest movies of all time.

Reward for Wild and Loopy Guys

“Eminently readable . . . Youngsters of the Eighties, take word: this can be a fond, engrossing look again on the making of films that turned cultural touchstones.”
—Booklist (starred evaluation)

“Nick de Semlyen well charts the pinballing profession paths of the celebs of this new comedian wave. . . . His punchy, nonstop narrative . . . tells a [story] the place artwork and commerce smash onerous in opposition to one another, generally inflicting destruction, however generally making sparks fly.”
—The Sunday Instances (UK)