The Great Radio Comedians

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Once upon a time . . . Fibber McGee and Molly lived at 79 Wistful Vista, Jello again introduced a 39-year old skinflint named Benny, and a brat called Baby Snooks schemed to do away with her little brother Robespierre. Once upon a time we laughed. bantering wit and corny cracks came rolling out of Crosley consoles and cathedral-shaped Philcos, and we laughed. With material taken from hundreds of actual scripts, THE GREAT RADIO COMEDIANS recreates those scenes when Andy rumbles, 'I'se regusted with you, Amos;' when we drop in on Allens Alley, knock on a door, and are greeted by Mrs. Nussbaum s,'You were expecting maybe the Fink Spots?'; and when we relish those well publicized 'feuds' between headliners like Charlie McCarthy and W. C. Fields (who referred to Charlie as a 'flophouse for termites'). Here, too, is the off-hand humor from radio's serious side. Jack Armstrong, the Lone Ranger and Tom Mix all had comical sidekicks to lighten their tightlipped lives; Ma Perkins sandwiched in some laughs between words of wisdom; and even Dr. I.Q. was good for a few snickers each week. Jim Harmon, author of THE GREAT RADIO HEROES, is a special consultant on old-time radio to the Hollywood Museum and the Canadian Broadcasting Company. He writes with great affection and nostalgia as he brings it all back, with anecdotes, interviews and some remarkable photographs, welding together an endless array of radio's names and facts for a book that almost reads like a novel of the early life of any reader over 25 years of age. 33RPM record included - never played. N° de ref. del artículo 000777

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