Opening title/theme sequence from
HOLLYWOOD: THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER (1982), an ABC-TV special celebrating comedy films produced in Los Angeles, in tribute to the city's bicentennial.
Some rare Three Stooges footage can be glimpsed among the clips.
Opening sung by Zero Mostel, from the soundtrack of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (1966).
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