Bob Booker collection, 1952-2003

The collection contains almost 3,000 video tapes of television shows, outtakes, and clips, ranging from Garry Moore, Groucho Marx, and Ed Sullivan to Don Rickles and Steve Lawrence, hosting "Foul-Ups, Bleeps, and Blunders" (produced by Booker) to "Behind the Scenes in Hollywood" (2003). Many television personalities are included in the footage: Dinah Shore, Fred Allen, Phyllis Diller, Erma Bombeck, Sammy Davis Jr. There are several productions and scripts such as "The NBC Follies" (1973), "Hit Squad", and "Anything for a Laugh", written and produced by Booker. Many of the videos are outtakes, behind the scenes flubs used in productions like "Foul-Ups, Bleeps and Blunders" (1984). Many of the films come from major networks such as ABC, CBS, and NBC and syndicated series. Scrapbooks, audio cassettes, phonograph records, and CDs are also included which include some of Booker's recorded work such as "The First Family", an early 1960s spoof on the Jack and Jackie Kennedy family. A small set of scripts, some of which were produced by Bob Booker, are included: "You Don't Have To Be Jewish" (1970) and "It Seemed To Be a Good Idea at the Time" (1984), among others.