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Follow the arrow... 1938-39
On a 1939 Jack Benny show, in their dramma... I mean, drama... Jack is running a rooming house and asks a prospective client "Do you want a room with a bath, or do you want to follow the arrow?" The line gets a pretty long laugh. I can imagine a sign in such an establishment, with an arrow... -
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Bea Wain on the Alan Young radio series
I saw a photo of the two of them, dated "1948." I have a disk of a bunch of his situation comedy shows over several years, and I believe only one (dated "1944") features her. She sings "Music Makes Me" from FLYING DOWN TO RIO. Several of the shows have Dianne Courtney as the vocalist. I'm... -
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Cedric Weehunt's phrase
On "Lum n' Abner"... slow-witted Cedric often answers Lum or Abner with "Yes mom..." or is it "Yes ma'am..." or is it "Yes marm..."? None make sense. Is there an archaic word involved here? -
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Fibber McGee & Molly theme music change
The familiar theme music is replaced in the fall of '46-- then it comes back after a couple months. Were they just trying to freshen things up, or was there one of those broadcast music-rights disputes going on at the time? The replacement music strikes me as a rather tuneless tune... -
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The Great Gildersleeve, with different music pasted-over
One of the first OTR shows I had heavy exposure to, was The Great Gildersleeve on KFI, Sunday evenings in the mid-1970s. I made cassettes of many of them, but I haven't heard those in decades. Perhaps they were syndicated by Charles Michaelson? They seemed to have replaced the original music... -
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Why was "903" funny? At least for a while, in December 1946.
An Alan Young Show dated 12/13/46, in which he has hopes of becoming a great singer.... two references to "903" or "9:03" which get laughs. In the first instance, he's looking for Room 906 and is reading off the room numbers he's passing. At 903, he says to his pal, "Maybe I should knock on... -
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"You Go to My Head" comic bit
I've heard the same guy do this bit on an October '39 Fibber McGee show, where Fibber had the opportunity to act as agent for him (he was called "Freddy" I think) and on a February '40 Al Pearce show, where he was a studio usher spotted by bandleader Karl Hoff, who was trying to find talent for... -
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"Mama Bloom's Brood" and "The Goldbergs"
I've heard just a few examples of these two radio serials, and the fact that they sound about the same to me, doesn't mean a lot. But does anyone know who wrote and performed in "Brood"? J. David Goldin wrote that it appears to have been syndicated in 1934, when Gertrude Berg's "The Goldbergs"... -
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L.A. Times on local vintage-inspired bands
The print edition for Sunday 12/9 has an article on L.A.-based performers including Janet Klein, Vaud and the Villains, and Capt. Jeff and his Musical Chumbuckets. There is a longer version of the article on their site. And back around 12/6, there was, online, a Janet Klein-focused article... -
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4-Way Cold Tablets
This product name seems to have struck some people's funny bones. Over the years, I've heard several gags on old radio shows. I don't recall any being particularly funny.. therefore, I can only quote the one I heard yesterday, from Life With Luigi, in the late 1940s. There's a fundraising...- Espee
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Games with one-syllable names
I'm really only bringing it up because... on a Burns and Allen show from 1940 (my copy of which, has poor sound quality) Gracie says "We're going to play a game I made up out of my own head.." and George says (well at first I thought he said) "Oh... FLUFF?" I don't think he's saying FLUFF...- Espee
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"It would take Man Mountain to..."
Forever, my mom has been saying things like "It would take Man Mountain to move that cabinet, without taking everything out of it first" and "It takes Man Mountain to open the box these cookies come in" and "It took Man Mountain to open this jar" At some point, she explained that he was a...- Espee
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Burma-Shave signs without rhyme?
These six signs are among the roadside decor on display in our local example of the "Roadhouse Grill" chain: IT'S NOT HOW FAST OR SLOW YOU DRIVE STOP YOUR CAR TO COUNT YOUR SHEEP Burma-Shave Do you suppose these are newly-made "Antiques" from someone who invented their own message, not...- Espee
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Ketron Earwood, The Tie Merchant
She's a "regular" at Vintage Expo when it comes to Santa Monica... but not ALWAYS there. Does anyone know how to reach her to find out if she's attending next time (in two weeks)? I don't want to spend the time (and gas) if she's not.- Espee
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Wingtip collar/ plain-front shirt (on a budget)
Once I asked here, about finding shirts like those I was seeing in early 1930s movies, with wingtip collars but NOT having ruffles or fancy panels on the front. Some loungers supplied helpful-but-beyond-my-budget leads... Lately, in a minority of the Burlington Coat Factory stores in my area...- Espee
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Definition of "star boarder"
One of Chaplin's shorts is "The Landlady's Pet" aka "The Star Boarder." My mom (with only a bit of little personal experience) tells me it's someone who's been there so long, or has such a pushy personality, that he's calling the shots almost as much as the landlord/landlady/host family. I...- Espee
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From vaudeville: Lewis and Dody
On a Rudy Vallee show from the mid-1930s, "Lewis and Dody" sing a humorous, but (deliberately) monotonous song which COULD be called "Hello, Hello..... Hello Hello Hello." They supposedly had 92 verses for it. A sample: While walking in the lane We saw A man Who must have been insane He'd... -
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The Doctor's buggy
In a Bob and Ray radio show from 1959-60, they're waiting for a doctor to come to the studio to check on The Great Bob and Ray Bird, who hasn't been feeling well. Ray: "I just looked out the window-- and I saw... the Doctor's buggy." Bob: "He is?" Ray: "Yes, that's what I thought." Later...- Espee
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Farmers and "the Wheat Problem"
I saw a photo of a billboard, showing a little girl with a pageboy, and it reads: Your Child's Bread and Butter Can Solve The Wheat Problem One Slice More Each Meal Will Do It [a section obscured].... HELP for the FARMERS ----------------------------------- When might the photo have...- Espee
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Orphan jackets and another kind of contrast vs. trousers
I was once planning to pair some solid dark blue trousers with a subtly-patterned jacket which was, mainly, that same blue. Then I realized, or remembered, that it would look, for just an instant, like a suit-- but then start looking like a lame attempt at faking a suit. However, now I'm...- Espee
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