Round 1: Tossup 15

The Criterion edition of Lasse Hällstrom’s (“LASS-eh HAL-strum’s”) My Life as a Dog comes with an essay by this author, who often said it was his favorite movie. This author liked a TV special on the Marx Brothers so much that he began a lifelong friendship with its creator, Curb Your Enthusiasm director Robert B. Weide. A book by this author recounts a conversation in which a movie producer asked him, “why don’t you write an anti-glacier book instead?” This author once helped his (*) nephew write an essay on one of his own books but received a failing grade, an incident that inspired his cameo (10[1])in Rodney Dangerfield’s movie Back to School. This author highly praised George Roy Hill’s film of his best-known novel, in which Valerie Perrine played the adult film actress Montana Wildhack. For 10 points, (10[2])a documentary subtitled Unstuck in Time is about what author of Slaughterhouse-Five? ■END■

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