Inspired by Simon’s own early-career experience churning out jokes for Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR provides a hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at the making of a 1950’s television variety show. Re-creating the neuroses, nonstop gags, and constant one-upmanship of a team of brilliant and funny social misfits, Laughter on the 23rd Floor chronicles the pressures of trying to please nervous television executives amid the growing fear of McCarthyism. LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR is directed by ... (more)