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Brandy offers thoughts about her dad as well as her unpublishedgraduate school thesis which unravels his “Split Personality.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSo often, excessive drinking left him “fractured,” but hisintense study of “Word Power” provided him with the comedic opportunities to“fracture” his characters’ speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLeo Gorcey’s fine talent for making us laugh by twistinglanguage finally receives the attention it deserves as the author offers anextensive catalog of many of his fancy and misused words as found in his BoweryBoys films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eJim Manago holds aMaster’s degree in Cinema Studies from The College of Staten Island (CUNY). Hehas authored first biographies on Gale Gordon, Kay Aldridge, Huntz Hall and twobiographies on Shirley Booth. His forthcoming publications include one onproducer Robert Youngson, and another on Al St. John’s comedy offered in PRC’sBilly The Kid series from the 1940s.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eReview by James L. 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