Lester Colodny talks about working on The Today Show with Dave Garroway

Lester Colodny worked as a writer (and for one tumultuous day, an associate producer) for the Today Show around 1960. The host at the time was Dave Garroway and one of his co-hosts was Florence Henderson, who would later play the part of Carol Brady. Here, he talks about what happened one day when Garroway ordered him to get three barrels full of live monkeys (It's "funner than A barrel of monkeys!") to be released on camera, live.
This story is the first of many recalled by Lester in his new autobiography, "A Funny Thing Happened, Life Behind the Scenes: Hollywood Hilarity and Manhattan Mayhem." The book is available now at: http://www.afthbook.com or on Amazon, or by calling 603-397-0053.

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