Monthly Archives: May 2013
25/05/13 More Merrrrrrvvvvvv!
Here’s an oddly hilarious clip from another old “Merv Griffin Show.” This one features comic actor David Burns as the faux Colonel, Colonel Sanders as . . . Colonel Sanders and the unidentified woman between Merv and Arthur Treacher is the lovely Lainie Kazan. David Burns was the original Horace Vandergelder in “Hello Dolly” and […]
Tags: Arthur Treacher, Carl Reiner, Colonel Sanders, David Burns, Lainie Kazan, Merv Griffin
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- Posted under Broadway, Character Actors, Classic Television, Comedy, Musicians
24/05/13 Talk Show Friday
For some reason unknown to me, I always get in the mood to watch old talk shows on Fridays. maybe because as a school age kid, Friday afternoon/evening was the very best time of the week as it held the possibilities of the whole weekend ahead. By Saturday, the luster was beginning to dull because […]
Tags: Arthur Trteacher, Henny Youngman, Jayne Mansfield, Johnny Carson, Law and Order SVU, Mariska Hargitay, Merv Griffin
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- Posted under Character Actors, Classic Television, Comedy
14/05/13 Alan King – Professional Stand Up
As a follow up to yesterday’s post about Alan King, here’s a terrific piece I found on youtube. The brilliance of this is King’s delivery, his style, the theatricality of his presentation and, of course, his rage. It’s essentially one joke and yet he makes it funny for nearly seven minutes. As I said yesterday, […]
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13/05/13 Alan King – Name-Dropper
The other morning I picked up my copy of “Name-Dropping: The Life and Lies of Alan King.” The late comedian’s autobiography was written with Chris Chase and published in 1996. I’ve read the book before and I wasn’t intending on reading the whole book again but once I started, I just couldn’t stop. King was […]
Tags: Alan King, Billy Crystal, Dean Martin, Ed Sullivan, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, George Jessel, Jack Benny, JoBeth Williams, Judy Garland, Lou Perry, Quincy Jones, Sidney Zion, Sonny King, Tina Sinatra
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