Loudon Wainwright: I Like To Be Laughed At
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 14 September 1974
...which is as good a reason as any for Loudon Wainwright to play a role in the weekly comedy TV series, Mash. He spoke to Chris Charlesworth in New York
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