Who began their career earlier, Jonathan Lethem or George S. Kaufman?
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Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Allen Lethem (LEE-thum, born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His first novel, "Gun, with Occasional Music", a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. It was followed by three more science fiction novels.
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George S. Kaufman George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers. One play and one musical that he wrote won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama: "You Can't Take It with You" (1937, with Moss Hart), and "Of Thee I Sing" (1932, with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin). He also won the Tony Award as a Director, for the musical "Guys and Dolls".
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David Kaufmann David Kaufmann (7 June 1852 – 6 July 1899) (Hebrew: דוד קויפמן) was a Jewish-Austrian scholar born at Kojetín, Moravia (now in the Czech Republic). From 1861 to 1867 he attended the gymnasium at Kroměříž, Moravia, where he studied the Bible and Talmud with Jacob Brüll, rabbi of Kojetín, and with the latter's son Nehemiah.
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Charles S. Zimmerman Charles S. "Sasha" Zimmerman (1896–1983) was an American socialist activist and trade union leader, who was an associate of Jay Lovestone. Zimmerman had a career spanning five decades as an official of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. During the early 1970s, Zimmerman and Bayard Rustin were national Co-Chairmen the Socialist Party of America and the Social Democrats USA.
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Bob Zmuda Bob Zmuda (born December 12, 1949) is an American writer, comedian, producer, and director best known for his friendship with cult personality Andy Kaufman.
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Will B. Johnstone Will B. Johnstone (1883–1944) was an American writer, cartoonist, and lyricist. His writing credits include the Marx Brothers's Broadway revue "I'll Say She Is" and, with S.J. Perelman, their first two Hollywood films, "Monkey Business" and "Horse Feathers". He also wrote several popular songs, including a version of "How Dry I Am."
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Edward Jablonski Edward Jablonski (March 1, 1922 – February 10, 2004) was the author of several biographies on American cultural personalities, such as George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Alan Jay Lerner and Irving Berlin, as well as books on aviation history.
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George Griffin (animator) George Griffin (born 1943) is an American experimental animator based in New York. Graduated with a degree in political science in Dartmouth, came to New York City and began working on commercial studios in 1967. He build his own camera and was inspired by the works of Robert Breer, Stan Vanderbeek and John Hubley; made his first film in 1969.
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Edgar Kaufmann Jr. Edgar Kaufmann Jr. (April 9, 1910 – July 31, 1989) was an American architect, lecturer, author, and an adjunct professor of architecture and art history at Columbia University.
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Goldstein (film) Goldstein is a 1965 film co-directed by Philip Kaufman and Benjamin Manaster, and produced by Kaufman and Zev Braun. The cast featured a number of actors from The Second City comedy troupe. The film shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the Cannes Film Festival in 1964 with Bertolucci's Before the Revolution.
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Once in a Lifetime (play) Once in a Lifetime is a play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the first of eight on which they collaborated in the 1930s.
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George Litto George Litto is an American film producer and talent agent. His production credits include Robert Altman's "Thieves Like Us" (1974), Jonathan Kaplan's cult film "Over the Edge" (1979), and three Brian De Palma thrillers, "Obsession" (1976), "Dressed to Kill" (1980) and" Blow Out" (1981).
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George Herriman George Joseph Herriman (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip "Krazy Kat" (1913–1944). More influential than popular, "Krazy Kat" had an appreciative audience among those in the arts. Gilbert Seldes' article "The Krazy Kat Who Walks by Himself" was the earliest example of a critic from the high arts giving serious attention to a comic strip. "The Comics Journal" placed the strip first on its list of the greatest comics of the 20th century. Herriman's work has been a primary influence on cartoonists such as Will Eisner, Charles M. Schulz, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Bill Watterson, and Chris Ware.
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Gilbert Kaplan Gilbert Edmund Kaplan (March 3, 1941 – January 1, 2016) was an American businessman and financial publisher. He was also an aficionado of the music of Gustav Mahler, and an amateur conductor of Mahler's Symphony No. 2.
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William G. Kaufmann William G. Kaufmann (December 10, 1869 – January 16, 1947) was an American businessman and politician.
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Hollywood Pinafore Hollywood Pinafore, or The Lad Who Loved a Salary is a musical comedy in two acts by George S. Kaufman, with music by Arthur Sullivan, based on Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore". It opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on May 31, 1945, and closed on July 14, 1945 after 52 performances. It was directed by Kaufman himself and starred Shirley Booth, Victor Moore, George Rasely, and William Gaxton. The adaptation transplants the maritime satire of the original "Pinafore" to a satire of the glamorous world of 1940s Hollywood film making, but Sullivan's score is retained with minor adaptations.
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Bored to Death Bored to Death is an American comedy series that ran on HBO from September 20, 2009 to November 28, 2011. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames—a writer based in Brooklyn, New York City, who moonlights as an unlicensed private detective. The show also stars Ted Danson as George, and Zach Galifianakis as Ray, both friends of Jonathan. On December 20, 2011, HBO cancelled "Bored to Death" after three seasons and twenty-four episodes. In June 2012, an HBO representative confirmed that discussions have begun about making a television movie. Development on the television movie subsequently began in January 2013.
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George Grizzard George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor of film, stage, and television. He appeared in more than 40 films, dozens of television programs, and a number of Broadway plays.
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Andrew Kaufman Andrew Kaufman (born Wingham, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, film director, and radio producer.
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George M! George M! is a Broadway musical based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway." The book for the musical was written by Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal. Music and lyrics were, of course, by George M. Cohan himself, with revisions for the musical by Cohan's daughter, Mary Cohan.
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Fredrick Kaufman Fredrick Kaufman (1936) is an American composer.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum (scholar) Jonathan Rosenbaum (born 1947) is an American scholar, college administrator and rabbi; president of Gratz College. from 1998 to 2009; president emeritus of Gratz College and a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, since 2009. He is a specialist in Biblical history, the paleography and epigraphy of ancient Semitic languages, and American Jewish history.