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Laughter on the 23rd Floor
''Laughter on the 23rd Floor'' is a play by Neil Simon.
==Plot overview==
Inspired by Simon's early career experience as a junior writer (along with his brother Danny) for ''Your Show of Shows'', the play focuses on Sid Caesar-like Max Prince, the star of a weekly comedy-variety show circa 1953, and his staff, including Simon's alter-ego Lucas Brickman, who maintains a running commentary on the writing, fighting, and wacky antics which take place in the writers' room. Max has an ongoing battle with NBC executives, who fear his humor is too sophisticated for Middle America.
The work is a ''roman à clef'', with the characters in the play based on Neil Simon's co-writers on ''Your Show Of Shows''. Lloyd Rose, in her ''Washington Post'' review, noted several of the real-life inspirations: the "Sid Caesar-inspired Max Prince", "hypochondriac Ira (played by Ron Orbach, inspired by Mel Brooks)", "dryly witty, sane Kenny (John Slattery, inspired by Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner)", and "fussy Russian emigre Val (Mark Linn-Baker, inspired by Mel Tolkin)....There is no character based on Woody Allen."〔Rose, Lloyd. "Theater;'Laughter' Comes Easy. Too Easy", ''The Washington Post'', November 23, 1993, p.B1〕 Woody Allen is often misattributed to the Ira Stone character, as the character in the play is a hypochondriac and Allen went on to use that affectation to great effect in his own comedy career. However, in actuality Simon was poking fun at Mel Brooks. The real-life counterparts for each character are:
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