GME LICENSED RAIMONDO BOREA'S PHOTOGRAPH OF SHARI LEWIS AND LAMB CHOP FOR 2023 DOCUMENTARY

SHARI LEWIS AND LAMB CHOP ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON, CIRCA MID-1960s. © THE ESTATE OF RAIMONDO BOREA, COURTESY GARTENBERG MEDIA ENTERPRISES.

For Lisa D’Apolito’s 2023 documentary SHARI & LAMB CHOP, GME licensed Raimondo Borea’s photograph of famed ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children’s entertainer Shari Lewis appearing on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in the mid-1960s with her beloved anthropomorphic sheep sock puppet Lamb Chop. D’Apolito’s film had its world premiere at the 2023 DOC NYC Festival. Larry Fried of POV Magazine described the documentary as “a long overdue tribute to Lewis, a trailblazing female multihyphenate whose unwavering work ethic and bright talent made her a five-time Emmy winner.”

GME represents the work of photographer Raimondo Borea (b. 1926—d. 1982). Over a 40-year career of active photography, Borea amassed an impressive body of photographs. During that time he had exclusive access to the television broadcasts Firing Line, The Today Show, and The Tonight Show, where he captured candid portraits of the show’s hosts, guests, and behind-the-scenes activities. GME has completed a major undertaking to document, catalogue, and digitize a premier selection of his archive.