Randy Skretvedt is an entertainment historian and the author of Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies, which describes in detail how the team made their classic films; he interviewed more than 60 of the team's associates for the book. His other books include The Laurel & Hardy Movie Scripts: 20 Original Short Subject Screenplays (1926 - 1934) and The Laurel & Hardy Movie Scripts, Volume 2: Lost Films and Classics.Skretvedt taught film history to high school students for four years, has provided dozens of commentaries for video releases, and has written the booklet notes for more than 30 compact discs of vintage music from the 1920s and '30s. For 40 years, he has shared that music from his collection of 40,000 records on Forward into the Past, heard Sunday afternoons over KSPC-FM 88.7, Claremont (www.kspc.org). He also provides many character voices for the comedy program The Sunset Review.