There is a new book out which includes Danny, Show Me the Magic: My Further Adventures with Warren Beatty, Fellini, Orson, Danny Kaye, Peter Sellers... Writer, actor, and director of such films as 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice', 'Harry and Tonto', and 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills', Mazursky leads us on a hilarious, star-studded adventure through Hollywood. Along the way, he reveals the fragile nature of the moviemaking process and the eccentricities of its stars. From his on-again, off-again dealings with the manic Peter Sellers to smoking pot with Jack Nicholson, Mazursky offers a rare glimpse of life with the famous. He forms a deep and abiding friendship with the ebullient Fellini and tells of working with Orson Welles and Danny Kaye.

Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Comedy Actors by David Quinlan. This reference guide looks at the career histories of nearly 300 comedy stars, some of whom have a prodigious reputation resting on only one or two outstanding films. Quinlan examines their methods and their sense of "physical comedy" with background stories as to how comic effects were achieved. Over 350 photographs illustrate entries for nearly 300 comedy stars, including John Cleese, Steve Martin and Danny DeVito and older favourites, the Marx Brothers, Mae West and Danny Kaye. Each entry is accompanied by a complete filmography, including film, TV and guest appearances, plus voice-over narrations and films directed.

In this guide to film comedy, "more than 300 alphabetically arranged entries describe writers, actors, directors, and film terms. . . . When appropriate, filmographies are added at the ends of entries. . . . Also appended are a selected bibliography and lists of Oscars won for comedies (acting, writing, directing, and best-picture awards) and the author's picks for the best comedy of the year from 1927 to 1993."