Only When I Laugh (other)
Only When I Laugh may refer to: * ''Only When I Laugh'' (film), a 1981 film based on Neil Simon's play ''The Gingerbread Lady'' * ''Only When I Laugh'' (TV series), a 1970s/1980s British sitcom * ''Only When I Laugh'' (album), a 1973 album by Blue Mink * ''Only When I Laugh'' (play), a play based on the sitcom by Eric Chappell * ''Only When I Laugh'', a book by Jim Backus and Henny Backus See also * ''Only When I Larf'', a 1968 novel by Len Deighton * ''Only When I Larf'' (film), a 1968 adaptation of Deighton's novel * It Only Hurts When I Laugh (other) ''It Only Hurts When I Laugh'' is a punchline of a joke which exists in numerous versions since at least 19th century. A typical setup is that someone badly hurt (e.g., a Wild West rancher with an arrow in his chest, a Jew crucified by the Nazis, ...

Only When I Laugh (film)
''Only When I Laugh'' is a 1981 American comedy-drama film based on Neil Simon's 1970 play ''The Gingerbread Lady''. The story is about an alcoholic Broadway actress who reenters society after a long stay in a rehab clinic. As she tries to stay sober there are the triple responsibilities of raising her estranged teenaged daughter, getting a new acting role and maintaining her co-dependent relations with two close friends; one a wealthy, vain woman who fears the loss of her looks and a gay actor relegated to small roles in third-rate shows. Simon changed the main character's name to Georgia Hines for the film adaptation; the character was named Evy Meara in the stage version. The main character went from being a cabaret singer to a Broadway stage actress. The film, written by Simon and directed by Glenn Jordan, stars Marsha Mason, Joan Hackett, James Coco, and Kristy McNichol. It also features two short scenes with then-unknowns Kevin Bacon and John Vargas. Simon's next release ...
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Only When I Laugh (TV Series)
''Only When I Laugh'' is a British television sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It aired between 29 October 1979 and 16 December 1982 and was set in the ward of an NHS hospital. The title is in response to the question, "Does it hurt?". It starred James Bolam, Peter Bowles, and Christopher Strauli as patients Roy Figgis, Archie Glover, and Norman Binns. Mr. Gordon Thorpe, their consultant surgeon, was played by Richard Wilson; and Gupte, the staff nurse from Delhi, was played by Derrick Branche. The show was one of many successes for writer Eric Chappell, and has been repeated on ITV4 since 2019, formerly on ITV3. Production ''Only When I Laugh'' was written after Eric Chappell was commissioned by Yorkshire Television to write another sitcom following the success of ''Rising Damp''. Chappell devised the premise of a hospital comedy from the patients' perspective as he felt that previous television based in a hospital setting focused on the doctors, nurses and sta ...
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Only When I Laugh (album)
''Only When I Laugh'' is the fourth album by the British pop group Blue Mink, released in 1973. It was released under the title "Blue Mink" in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. Two singles from the album charted in the UK, “By the Devil (I Was Tempted)” at #26 and “Randy” at #9. Most of the tracks were written by Flowers, Cook and Roger Greenaway. Track listing All tracks composed by Herbie Flowers, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway; except where noted. Original album sleeve notes :Side 1 #"Watch Out!" – 2:44 #"Randy" – 3:12 #"Another 'Without You' Day" (Cook, Greenaway, Steve Jameson, Marshall Doctors) – 3:44 #"Daughter of Someone" – 3:50 #"Together" – 4:04 #"Stay With Me" – 3:12 Side 2 #"By the Devil (I Was Tempted)" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 3:38 #"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:34 #"Harlem" (Bill Withers) – 2:41 #"Lonliness" – 3:47 #"Harmony" – 3:12 #"Where Did They Go" (Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd) – 4:03 Personnel ;Bl ...
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Only When I Laugh (play)
Only When I Laugh may refer to: * ''Only When I Laugh'' (film), a 1981 film based on Neil Simon's play ''The Gingerbread Lady'' * ''Only When I Laugh'' (TV series), a 1970s/1980s British sitcom * ''Only When I Laugh'' (album), a 1973 album by Blue Mink * ''Only When I Laugh'' (play), a play based on the sitcom by Eric Chappell * ''Only When I Laugh'', a book by Jim Backus and Henny Backus See also * ''Only When I Larf'', a 1968 novel by Len Deighton * ''Only When I Larf'' (film), a 1968 adaptation of Deighton's novel * It Only Hurts When I Laugh (other) ''It Only Hurts When I Laugh'' is a punchline of a joke which exists in numerous versions since at least 19th century. A typical setup is that someone badly hurt (e.g., a Wild West rancher with an arrow in his chest, a Jew crucified by the Nazis, ...

Eric Chappell
Eric George Chappell (25 September 1933 – 21 April 2022) was an English television comedy writer and playwright who wrote or co-wrote some of the UK's biggest sitcom hits over a more than quarter-century career, first gaining significant notice in the 1970s. Early life Chappell was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and educated at Grantham boys’ central school. He worked as an auditor for the East Midlands Electricity Board for 22 years beginning in 1951, only becoming a full-time writer in 1973. He had written several novels which were rejected by publishers, before deciding to become a playwright. Career Chappell wrote the play ''The Banana Box'', which was given a staged reading at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1970. A production at the Phoenix Theatre in Leicester in 1971, with Wilfrid Brambell in the role of the landlord, and was later produced in the West End in 1973, with Leonard Rossiter now in the role. This play later became the basis for sitcom ''Rising Damp'', w ...
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Henny Backus
Henny Backus (born Henrietta Kaye, March 21, 1911 – December 9, 2004) was a Broadway showgirl in the 1930s whose stage credits include Orson Welles's ''Horse Eats Hat''. She was the wife of actor and comedian Jim Backus. Career Henrietta Kaye was born in Brooklyn on March 21, 1911. She studied sculpture at Cooper Union, but she preferred working in the theater and appeared in Broadway musicals during the 1930s. She had the role of Bee in the Broadway play ''Chrysalis'' (1932). Working as Henriette Kaye, she was a member of the Federal Theatre Project. Described by ''The New York Times'' as "a leggy redhead with a droll sense of humor", she appeared in Orson Welles's Project 891 production ''Horse Eats Hat'' (1936), a surrealistic farce co-starring Welles, Joseph Cotten, Hiram Sherman and Arlene Francis. France, Richard, ''The Theatre of Orson Welles''. Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, Inc. 1977 Her husband, Nat Karson, designed the sets and costumes. K ...
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Only When I Larf
Len Deighton's ''Only When I Larf'' is a 1968 British comic thriller describing the activities of a team of three confidence tricksters led by Silas Lowther (late 40s), his girlfriend Liz Mason (late 20s) and wannabe apprentice and Liz-worshipper Bob (early 20s). It was published in 1968 by Michael Joseph (publisher), Michael Joseph and in paperback by Sphere Books, Sphere. It is currently (2012) printed by Harper in the UK. The novel interleaves first-person narratives from Bob (76 pages in 7 chapters), Liz (78 pages in 6 chapters) and Silas (88 pages in 5 chapters). Their increasingly contradictory descriptions of shared experiences contribute to the humour. This Unreliable narrator, unreliable narration adds to the atmosphere around deceiving "the marks". The title is explained in a variety of unlikely anecdotes where in each case a critically injured third party bravely replies this when asked "Does it hurt?" Adaptations A film adaptation of ''Only When I Larf (film), Only Wh ...
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Only When I Larf (film)
''Only When I Larf'' is a 1968 British light-hearted comedy crime drama, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, and Alexandra Stewart. It is adapted from the 1968 novel ''Only When I Larf'' by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises. Plot summary In New York City, a trio of confidence tricksters enter a tall office block and go to an empty unit on the 39th floor. They quickly change the identity of the office. Two Americans arrive. Lowther (Attenborough) assumes the role of Mr Stevens, the boss. Bob is ushered in by the secretary and introduced as Mr Glover. They discuss high finance in front of the Americans. They persuade the Americans to write a cheque for $250,000. He writes a cheque for $2 million to them. The cheques are placed in a faux wall safe. Bob goes to other side and takes the smaller cheque out. He re-disguises himself as a security guard. He goes to the bank with Liz and she ...
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