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Inspired by Simon's experience as a writer for Cid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, this raucous comedy, set in 1953 during television’s golden age, is a hilarious behind-the-scenes peek into the comedy writers' room for a fictional show hosted by the brilliant but neurotic Max Prince.  The writers’ office overlooking Manhattan’s 57th Street is like a war zone with the writers at constant battle with each other to make the perfect 90-minute show.  Central to the plot is the threat of rising McCarthyism and Max's ongoing battles with NBC executives who think his humor is too sophisticated for middle-America.  It’s screamingly funny with its fast paced insults, non-sequiturs and one-liners.

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