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exotica-digest Tuesday, December 22 1998 Volume 02 : Number 271
In This Digest:
(exotica) Leith Steven's Destination Moon OST
(exotica) A Zillion Strings
(exotica) 78 resources
(exotica) Nesmith and ROgers/ now you must marry
(exotica) Leith Steven's Destination Moon OST
(exotica) tis the (touchy) season
(exotica) Re: ComEd Holiday CD (was Cleve, et.al.)
(exotica) Starbucks CD
(exotica) lp's to cd's revisted
(exotica) Ah how sweet the ways of the web
Re: (exotica) Starbucks CD
(exotica) Playlist 6-1-97
(exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for Dec 23,1998
Re: (exotica) Starbucks CD
(exotica) Jazz on-line
(exotica) Kirby Stone 4
(exotica) Re: yet ANOTHER federal offense on the exotica list!
(exotica) Baxter!!!
(exotica) Blubbery Hellbellies -- Cafe Blur
(exotica) comedy obits '98
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:10:04 -0800
From: Jack <jack@jackdiamond.com>
Subject: (exotica) Leith Steven's Destination Moon OST
Being on the digest, I am always late BUT who cares AND __please__ don't
e-mail me "thanking me" for being back on this god awfully boring list
Thanks in advance:)
The Leith Stevens OST to Destinatiuon Moon that is on CD was originally
released in 1958. It was on the Omega label.
HOWEVER, this is not the original ORIGINAL release.
It was ORIGINALLY released in 1950 on a 10" LP on the Columbia label
I have a gorgeous scan of it but don't have it up yet
If I remember, I'll let you all know when I do
<paraindent><param>out,out,out</param>Jack
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Jack Diamond Music
Http://www.jackdiamond.com
1960's German & Italian Import Reissue Soundtracks, Moog & Electronic,
Psychedelic AND Instrumental Guitars of all Kinds, Rockabilly, Outer
Space Electronique, Crime Jazz, Bossa Nova, Western Swing, Country Jazz,
Steel Guitars, Latin/Afro Cuban, Bongos For Days, Sitar Rock, Theremin,
1950's West Coast Jazz, Exotica, Spoken Word Beatnik Poetry et al...,
Cheesecake and Outre Album Covers.
CD/LP 1950's-70's Re-Issues and Original Out of Print LP's for sale and
trade.
The House of Games
Http://www.jackdiamond.to/houseofgames
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:58:47 -0500
From: Peter Risser <risser@goodnews.net>
Subject: (exotica) A Zillion Strings
Is this Dick Hyman record any good?
It's from 1960, which makes me think it may be piano.
Anyone?
Peter
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 14:03:39 -0500
From: citizen kafka <ckafka@dti.net>
Subject: (exotica) 78 resources
If you are interested in 78s, these links should keep you busy for
a while, and are all reliable and informative resources.
http://www.teleport.com/~rfrederi/index.shtml
(a superb hobbyist's intro: like a truly Mint record!)
http://www.teleport.com/~rfrederi/wamslink.shtml
(an incredible links page to resources beyond belief...)
http://www.78rpm.com/
(one of the best and biggest auctioneers, loaded with info...
sells equipment, books, etc.)
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=phonograph&list
(the phonograph ring, dealing with 78s. There's also a
record collectors guild
http://members.tripod.com/~theRCGuild/
which is slow loading, to say the least, but interesting)
http://www.KABusa.com/
(a dealer of equipment and supplies, with some items
mfd. by and for him- check it out before you buy a turntable!)
That should help!
best wishes for a healthy and happy new year,
citizen kafka
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http://wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 14:47:34 EST
From: SLarry3595@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) Nesmith and ROgers/ now you must marry
TRUE!!!
Mike Nesmith and Shorty Rogers recorded an album of songs that Nesmith wrote
under the title "The Whichita Train Whistle Sings" . THis was done during the
height on Monkeemania. Apparently it is all instrumental Now Sound (w/ a
touch of Nashville thrown in) tunes.
I have never heard it, but I am still searching for a copy.
I think the band is creditied as The Whicita Train Whistle with little mention
of Nesmith, and no mention of the Monkees.
Sorry for my horrible spelling.
Anyone who has heard it let me know what you think.
Best wishes,
Larry
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:44:50 -0600
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) Leith Steven's Destination Moon OST
At 10:10 AM 12/22/98 -0800, JD wrote:
> Being on the digest, I am always late BUT who cares AND __please__ don't
e-mail me "thanking me" for being back on this god awfully boring list
>Thanks in advance:)
Yeah, I know what you mean...seems like it's nothing but commercial posts
these days:(
- -ls
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:37:50 EST
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) tis the (touchy) season
In a message dated 98-12-22 13:10:04 EST, an exoticat who pirzes his privacy
wrote:
<< AND __please__ don't
e-mail me "thanking me" for being back on this god awfully boring list
>>
I guess the emails we sent him "thanking him" when he left were so numerous
his assumption is that he would get the same amount for rejoining.
Curious thing assumption.
{I welcome all thank you's regarding the (in)appropritatness of this post.}
Robert
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 98 14:30:58 -0000
From: Michael D. Toth <mtoth@neo.lrun.com>
Subject: (exotica) Re: ComEd Holiday CD (was Cleve, et.al.)
Jane Fondle <laura.taylor@us.pwcglobal.com> wrote:
>I know this is a late request, and I am a head-o-bone for not asking this
>before, but, can someone, in the spirit of this holiday season, tape me
>that *rare* Combustible Edison Xmas ep?
>I'll trade you back!
As was mentioned, this was originally a 2-song "Christmas Card" promo
sent out by Sub Pop a few years back, however, I haven't seen anyone
mention yet that Sub Pop recycled the songs just LAST YEAR as part of a
"Combustible Edison's The Millionaire Presents a Sub Pop Holiday
Spectacular" promo CD. The newer CD is even cooler, as I don't think the
original has The Millionaire giving ingenious, bizarre holiday commentary
between the tracks (the two ComEd songs plus a few others from other Sub
Pop artists). *I* never saw a "participating retailer" anywhere around
here, but last year's promotion was SUPPOSED to be: if you bought any
SubPop release during the Christmas shopping season, you'd get this free.
BTW, attendees of the bus ride to the ComEd Kahiki show, as well as
others who came from out of state, got the Holiday CD, a cool Scamp promo
compilation, and other gems. One more reason to regret it if you didn't
come out!
FYI, I sent the promo person I dealt with at Sub Pop an e-mail to see if
they have any left, and if so if they can work out arrangements for
Exotica listers to get their hands on this CD, perhaps with last year's
promotional intent, through their on-line "Mega Mart."
Michael David Toth
mtoth@neo.lrun.com
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 20:42:17 +0000
From: Hugh Petfield <tribute@dircon.co.uk>
Subject: (exotica) Starbucks CD
Happy Holidays all!
There was a thread a few days ago about a Starbucks CD with
exotica (eg Combustible Edison) on it. I just learned that my
contact in suburban Illinois is a regular patron of a drive-thru
Starbucks. Before I ask her to try to get me a copy,
1) would a drive-thru sell it?
2) how much is the CD please? I kinda recall $12 being mentioned
3) do they sell any other CD's (now and normally?)
Hugh
All trade marks gratefully acknowledged (can't be too careful!!!!!!)
London Transport does not undertake to operate buses in accordance
with this timetable, or at all. Passengers must not lean their heads out
of the window.
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:17:00 -0500
From: "Michael Greenberg" <mgreenbe@mail.psychiatry.sunysb.edu>
Subject: (exotica) lp's to cd's revisted
I think it was during our transferring lp's to cd's discussion awhile
back that someone wrote some informative specifics - record to the
hard drive first, what frequencies tend to eliminate surface noise,
etc.. If I read it here (god, my aching memory!), could the person
who posted this contact me, or anyone who saved the post do the same?
many thanks and happy holidays,
Michael
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 22:03:07 -0000
From: "Robert Baldock" <rcb@easynet.co.uk>
Subject: (exotica) Ah how sweet the ways of the web
Because so many happy shoppers have been buying CDs through
the link on my site to CDNow I finally built up enough store credit
the other week to buy *a whole CD* and today a copy of The
Shaggs eponymous two-fer (or should that be one-and-a-half-ther?)
plopped through my post box.
Ah, heaven!
Robbie
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:00:36 -0500
From: "telstar" <telstar@albedo.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Starbucks CD
Hugh asked regarding the Starbucks cd...
> 1) would a drive-thru sell it?
Not sure, the local Starbucks is located in a Chapters bookstore here in
Guelph, Ontario and that is where I bought my copy.
> 2) how much is the CD please? I kinda recall $12 being mentioned
In Canada "Hi-Fidelity Holiday" sells for $15.00 . $12.00 in real U.S.
dollars sounds about right.
> 3) do they sell any other CD's (now and normally?)
This Christmas, they are also selling The Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie
Brown Christmas".
Allan (who hopes he doesn't get a nasty e-mail from Starbucks outraged that
I talked about their products).
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:10:05 -0800
From: Jack <jack@jackdiamond.com>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist 6-1-97
KFJC play list 6/1/97 for Jack Diamond
ARTIST TRACK ALBUM
____________________________________________________________
Planets Chunky
Zoot Sims Extraversion Bethlehem, 10"
Conte Candoli Jimmie Guiffre
Tony Mottola,D.Hyman You Showed Me Glittering Guitars
Buddy Emmons Kicks to Boot 1ST Lp
Ferrante & Teicher Sleigh Ride 10", 1954
Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron Cauldron
Mat Mathews Nights at the Table Dawn, 1956
Gigi Gryce-Alto
Oscar Pettiford-Bass
Joe Puma-Guitar
Art Farmer-Trumpet
Julias Watkins-Fr. Horn
Mancini Zoo Chase Arabesque
Animated Agg I Said She Said Acid Alshire
Attileo Mineo Welcome to Tomorrow Man in Space
With Sounds
Jay Chattaway Inner Voices/Strikes Manaic Soundtrack
Again
Elecro-Sonic Orchestra Cry Coral
The Lewis Sisters 'Round Midnight Way Out Far, Liberty
La Yellow 57 The Trailer [coll]: La Yellow
Collection
Electrosonic Orch Rock M E ! Limelight
Esquivel Spellbound
Stanley Meyers Kaleidescope Soundtrack
Estrellas De Chocolate La Brocha [coll]: El Mambo Me Priva!
Muzzy Marcellino The Hilo March On the Beach
At Waikiki
Pierro Umiliani High Drug Treatment Sweden,Heaven
And Hell
Gianni Ferrio Big Guns Italian
Harry Sukman Orch The Giant Eel
Russ Garcia Orch. Frozen Neptune Fantastica!!!
Hal Blaine Hallucinations Psychedelic Percussion
Marty Manning Orch Night on Bald Mountain Mundell Lowe-Guitar
Mindexpanders Pictures at a
Psychedelic
Art Exhibition Ondioline
Quincy Jones Nonet Boo's Blues 1956, Abc Paramount
Chico Hamilton Qnt Goodbye Baby Blues Written By
Sweet Smell of Success C.Hamilton,Fred Katz
Ken Nordine Olive, Lavender,
Burgundy
Cork Marcheschi
of the Fifty Foot Hose
Interview
Dick Hyman Give It Up or Turn It
Loose
Billy Bauer Lincoln Tunnel Plectrist, Norgran
Richard Marino Out of this World Liberty
Ennio Morricone Velvet Muscle
Jerry Goldsmith Our Man Flint
Pete Rugolo Diamond on the Move
KFJC 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Http://www.kfjc.org
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:49:50 -0500
From: "telstar" <telstar@albedo.net>
Subject: (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" playlist for Dec 23,1998
Mondo Bongos can be heard every Wed at 9 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph,
Ontario.Canada. Comments & questions welcome.
Incredible Bongo Band: Bongo Rock "Fantastic: 22 Original Hits/Original
Stars"
- - Can anyone help me track down lp(s) by the Incredible Bongo Band?
Esquivel: Jingle Bells "Hi-Fidelity Holiday"
Les Masques/Trio Camera: Il Faut Tenir "Sexopolis"
Nancy Sinatra: I Got to Get Out of this Town "Movin' with Nancy"
Vince Guaraldi Trio: Linus and Lucy "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
Rob and Dor: The Beat Generation "Las Vegas Grind Vol. 3"
Patsy Raye and the Beatniks: Beatnik's Wish "Swing for a Crime"
Edd Byrnes: Like, I Love You "Beat, Beat, Beatsville!"
Combustible Edison: Sleigh Ride "Hi-Fidelity Holiday"
Martin Denny: Happy Talk "Quiet Village"
Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble: Holiday in a Hurry "Music for Bang,
Baaroom and Harp"
The Majestics: Safari "Fast-Track- 16 Blazing Instrumentals"
The Revels: (Like) Tequila "Intoxica!"
Southern Culture on the Skids: Moonshine Martinis "Cocktail Companion"
Oranj Symphonette: The Pink Panther Theme "Shots in the Dark"
The Enchanters: Cafe Bohemian "Jungle Exotica"
Archie Bleyer: Fernandos Hidaway "The Purple KNIF Show"
Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood: Some Velvet Morning "Movin' with Nancy"
Happy Holidays!
Allan
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:48:28 -0500
From: itsvern@ibm.net
Subject: Re: (exotica) Starbucks CD
> There was a thread a few days ago about a Starbucks CD with
> exotica (eg Combustible Edison) on it.
> 3) do they sell any other CD's (now and normally?)
Starbucks does sell CDs through their web site. The holiday sampler that
includes the Combustible Edison (and Esquivel) tracks is currently on sale
there for $11.95
http://www.starbucks.com/store/
Vern
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:43:35 -0800
From: Jack <jack@jackdiamond.com>
Subject: (exotica) Jazz on-line
THE BEST jazz in the world is on-line and is
KLON-FM
Long Beach, CA
http://www.klon.org/
Real Audio
The connection to "exotica" IS straight ahead
Rock on, kids
JD
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:52:53 -0800
From: Jack <jack@jackdiamond.com>
Subject: (exotica) Kirby Stone 4
I need a clean copy of "Man, I Flipped" by the Kirby Stone Four
on the Cadence label
Anyone have 1 they want to trade or sell, please lemmie know
Oh how I love those jazz pop vocal quartets
JD
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:32:54 -0800
From: Eb <gondola@deltanet.com>
Subject: (exotica) Re: yet ANOTHER federal offense on the exotica list!
>From: Brian Phillips <hagar@mindspring.net>
>
>From: http://www.flexquarters.com/nesmith/doc/sleeve.txt
>
>"Nesmith retreated into music. With a commercially suspect artistic triumph
>already under his belt (an instrumental album of his songs arranged by jazz
>great Shorty Rogers and performed by the hottest L.A. session men
>whicheventually became a collector's item - for whatever reason), Nesmith
>decidedon the singer/songwriter approach."
I certainly hope that you filled out the complete set of forms, submitted a
formal request and took out a international websurfing license before
posting this stolen text.... ;)
(Boy, someone really oughta extract the stick rammed up that Yma Sumac
guy's posterior.)
Eb
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 14:35:27 -0500
From: <laura.taylor@us.pwcglobal.com>
Subject: (exotica) Baxter!!!
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <bellybongo@hotmail.com>
Subject: (exotica) Leith Stevens and Les Baxter soundtracks on cd
Found a site for Citadel Records, these releases was news to me anyway.
http://home.earthlink.net/~citadel/release3.htm#77101
BLACK SUNDAY and BARON BLOOD: Original Soundtracks Composed and
Conducted by Les Baxter. Newly remastered using 20-bit digital
transfers of Baxter's scores for director Mario Bava's legendary Black
Sunday and Baron Blood. With expanded notes and illustrations to
accompany the enhanced sound.
Magnus and everyone else! I am happy to report BLACK SUNDAY/BARON BLOOD
are well worth having for any Les Baxter fan and anyone who digs creepy,
cinematic soundtracks.
However, I thought Citadel was a boot-label, or that those CDs were out of
print, or something, last time I searched. Good luck!
Jane Fondle-still a Baxter-babe!
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:59:01 -0700
From: RLC <mistersuave@geocities.com>
Subject: (exotica) Blubbery Hellbellies -- Cafe Blur
The Blubbery Hellbellies have at least three different albums that I
know, two of which I own, and a third which I've seen floating around at
various times over the past few years.
The first album I picked up because the cover is a knock off of The
Style Council's "Cafe Blue" album, called "Cafe Blur" in which the
Hellbellies recreated the cafe scene and added rain. The album is not
as nearly clever as the cover. Still I picked up another one, which I
can't remember the title of, and it isn't all that much better. I
haven't listened to them in years, but I too remember an accordion on a
couple of tracks. Still, neither album ever really lit my fire.
Rob
http://members.tripod.com/~MrSuave/
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> The Blubberry Hellbellies were an English group who were around at the
> turn of the nineties. but I saw them on TV once and as I recall they
played
>
> Rockabilly with a bit of a brass section. Possibly an accordion too.
I
> don't remember them being around for long but they were very
> entertaining. Big chaps too, as you may have guessed from the name.
I actually bought their record album...it was very entertaining...just
like you
said, fast rockabilly influenced music. One of their best songs
"Hootin' and a
Howlin'", was on some alternative country compilation.
The cover of the album was quite interested. The hellbellies were
definitely
beer drinkers. One of the members posed with his guitar back over his
neck in
a Hendrix pose, which lifted his t-shirt, showing his ample belly. It
is one
album that I regret getting rid of. Somewhere I do have the tape
though.
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 15:22:40 -0600
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) comedy obits '98
Only because you sick people insist on year-end obit wrap-ups (hey, I only
post 'em -- you're the people who *request* 'em), here's another list, this
time from the World of Comedy.
- -Lou
(This is stolen from Ronald L. Smith's site. He wrote the Goldmine
PriceGuide to Comedy Records. I hope he doesn't bust me for stealing his
editorial content. In any case, go check out his site:
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/nyuk/ )
OBITUARIES in the WORLD OF COMEDY, 1998
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/nyuk/deadobit.html
FRED ASPARAGUS (51) June 29, 1998=20
A stand-up comic who decided to call himself Asparagus, Fred Reveles did
manage to earn some green while making appearances in a variety of films
including "Spinal Tap" (character name: Joe Besser!) and "Beverly Hills Cop
III." He died of a heart attack.=20
ARNOLD AUERBACH (86) October 20, 1998=20
A well known comedy writer, Auerbach worked for a variety of radio shows and
contributed gags to Milton Berle and Fred Allen. It was after many years of
trying to peddle his yocks that he wrote a book called 'Funny Men Don't
Laugh." But by then, Auerbach didn't care...he was earning a good living
from Broadway shows, having written "Call Me Mister" and many more.=20
MARSHALL BARER (75) August 25, 1998=20
A lyricist, he was best known for his work on the Broadway show "Once Upon a
Mattress," and for the theme song to the "Mighty Mouse" cartoon series. Yes,
he wrote: "Here I come to save the day!"=20
JOHN BRADFORD (79) July 2, 1998=20
Originally a writer ("The Real McCoys") Emmy Award-wining Bradford
eventually began a successful career directing sitcoms, notably "The Addams
Family" and "Barney Miller." He was born here in New York (well, not here,
but in the little town of Longbranch).=20
JIMMY CAESAR (63) October 2, 1998=20
With a name like Jimmy Caesar, where else would this stand-up comic have
played besides Las Vegas? Caesar Pasquale Tronolone was born in Buffalo, New
York. At the age of 16 the mimic had managed to work The Palace in The Big
Apple. Then he moved west, a harmless opening act for a variety of the big
boys: Milton Berle, Norm Crosby and Bob Hope.=20
JERRY CLOWER (71) August 25, 1998=20
A very popular comedian from his native Mississippi up through Nashville,
Jerry Clower wore expensive, gaudy suits and came on more like an Evangelist
than a comedian. He told anecdotes that burst with pride about good ol' boys
and their lifestyle of hunting and fishing. His "good uns" were good enough
to lead to an MCA contract and a massive series of albums. Clower was also a
regular at the Grand Ole Opry. Seemingly a road warrior with the
constitution of a bull, Clower rarely missed a performance...until August,
when he was hospitalized and underwent a series of heart operations. He died
a few days later.=20
THOMAS D'ANDREA (88) May 14, 1998.=20
A comedy writer who worked on radio with Eddie Cantor and Jack Benny,
D'Andrea appeared in many films but was probably best known as "Jim Gillis"
on "The Life of Riley" with William Bendix.=20
JIMMIE DRIFTWOOD (91) July 12, 1998=20
Driftwood wrote one of the funnier novelty tunes of the late 50's, "The
Battle of New Orleans." It was a hit for Johnny Horton, and filled with
evocative comic country imagery. The soldiers grabbed an alligator in their
battle with the Brits: "We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his
behind. And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind!" The
author of hundreds of other tunes died not in New Orleans but in
Fayetteville, Arkansas.=20
NORMAN FELL (74) December 15, 1998=20
Fell was known as the glum and irascible landlord on "Three's Company"
(1977-79) and the brief spin-off show "The Ropers (1979-80). The show
featured Audra Lindley as the wife who tended to aime tacky impotence jokes
at her glowering spouse. Fell's long-suffering looks made him laughable, but
he considered himself a character actor with dramatic talents. Sometimes
these talents surfaced in 60's movies and the 70's detective show "Dan
August," but after "Three's Company" he played mostly in comedies. He had
been inactive in recent years, and died of cancer.=20
MARY FRANN (55) September 23, 1998=20
The sitcom world was shocked at the sudden demise of Mary Frann, who was
found dead in her Beverly Hills home. An ex-weather woman from St. Louis,
she became an actress and eventually secured full-time work on the soap
opera "The Days of Our Lives." After five years of playing Amanda Peters,
she went on to play Joanna Loudon, wife of Bob Newhart on the "Newhart"=
show.=20
PHIL HARTMAN (49) May 28, 1998.=20
The shock of the year was the murder of Phil Hartman by his drug-mad wife
Brynn (aka Vicki Omdahl). She killed herself, leaving behind the couple's
two young children.=20
Eulogies portrayed a kindly, mild-mannered man quite different from his
self-aggrandizing, egotistic comic persona on stage. A smug character on
"Saturday Night Live" (1986-1995) and "News Radio" (1995-1998) Phil could've
legitimately had a swelled head based on his credits. The Canadian began his
career with The Groundlings in 1975 and he later co-wrote "Pee Wee's Big
Adventure." An artist, he painted the cover for an album by the group
America among others. After his dazzling success with a variety of
impressions (Bill Clinton, Frank Sinatra, etc.) Phil went on to star in
"Jingle All the Way" (1996), add cartoon voices for "The Simpsons" and star
in "News Radio," which offered a tribute on the first episode without him.=
=20
JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON (94) June 4, 1998=20
New Yorkers who walked past the Florence Nightingale Nursing Home had no
idea that one of their guests was a wonderful character actress. Of course
many of the residents of the Nursing Home had no idea either...about
Hutchinson or anything else. Wouldn't it be nice if these homes put up a
little list out front of the folks who were in residence -- the ones who
wouldn't mind a little kindness from a passing stranger?=20
Hutchinson journeyed from her native Seattle to Broadway ("Peter Pan,""Alice
in Wonderland" "Twelfth Night"). She appeared in many films including "North
By Northwest," "Son of Frankenstein" and "The Women."=20
GRANDPA JONES (84) February 19, 1998=20
Country comedian Louis Marshall Jones first became "Grandpa" back in 1935.
Eventually he truly grew into the part of the lovable, banjo-playing ol'
cuss. He became famous on "Hee Haw" and he lived and worked in Tennessee
almost until the very end.=20
ELEANOR KEATON (80) October 20, 1998=20
Back in 1938, Eleanor Norris met Buster Keaton. She was interested in
learning how to play bridge. But Buster evidently knew how to play more than
cards, and the couple were married in 1940. Despite their "May/December" age
difference, they remained together until Buster died in 1966. Eleanor was
suffering from lung cancer and emphysema when she died at the Motion Picture
Relief Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills.
LEONID KINSKEY (95) September 8, 1998=20
The "crazy Russian" bartender who amused and annoyed Bogart in "Casablanca".
He was in "Duck Soup" as one of Trentino's henchmen. How effective was he?
Trentino: "You have bungled everything!" His long career included
television, and what some historians consider the media's first sitcom, "The
Spot Lite Club," which aired in 1948 on KTLA in Los Angeles.=20
PHIL LEEDS (82) August 16, 1998=20
One of the sitcom world's foremost weasels, cock-eyed, shifty Phil Leeds
played all kinds of lovably shady characters. He played "Blackie," con-man
brother of Buddy Sorrell on an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and over
thirty years later, was still schticking it to comedy stars as Uncle Mel on
"Everybody Loves Raymond" and Judge Boyle on "Ally McBeal." He also played a
sleazy agent on "The Larry Sanders Show."=20
He played Bea Arthur's agent on an otherwise forgettable sitcom episode.
Anecdote: He was a vaudevillian working the Loews Paradise theater in the
Bronx. He was bombing badly. Suddenly he stopped and told a joke in Yiddish.
Everybody in the audience roared. He called out, "That was to show you I
could do it!"=20
BOBO LEWIS (72) November 9, 1998=20
A stage actress at New York's Circle Repertory, comedy fans will forever
recall Bobo Lewis as Endora's sister on "Bewitched." She was seen often on
"That Girl," and won good notices when she toured in "God's Favorite" by
Neil Simon. Her films include "It's a Mad Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "The
Paper." The life-long New Yorker died at New York Hospital.=20
SHARI LEWIS (65) August 2, 1998=20
The funny, sweet, charming ventriloquist who beguiled children of all ages,
Shari Lewis created "Lamb Chop," the grinning sock puppet with a Baby
Snooks-styled voice. She seemed like a friend or family member. I remember
seeing her at a Miami book convention where we were both promoting our
latest tomes. She walked by and I was about to call out, "Hi, Shari!" when I
realized...we don't know each other! But for a moment, I really thought I=
did.=20
The hard-working Lewis won 12 Emmy Awards as she put together decades of
kiddie programming that was always gentle and jovial without being silly or
downright stupid. Praised by teachers and parents, Shari issued videos,
books, and continued to work even after she was diagnosed with uterine=
cancer.=20
SAM LOCKE (81) September 18, 1998=20
Locke was a respected sitcom writer, having turned out episodes for classic
shows including Gilligan's Island," "McHale's Navy," and "The Flying Nun."
His last half-dozen episodes were written for "The Brady Bunch," and that
signaled that it was time to retire and move to San Diego.=20
CORBETT MONICA (68) July 22, 1998=20
One of the gentle tuxedo-clad stand-up comics of the 60's, Corbett Monica
played all the top nightclubs and opened for Frank Sinatra and many others.
A typical mild gag is about airlines: "I'm giving up flying. I was at the
airport and I saw a sign: 'Take out insurance.' I thought: if the lobby's
that dangerous, imagine what it's like on the plane." Sitcom fans might
remember him on "The Joey Bishop Show." He died of cancer in North Miami.=20
ANTONIO PROHIAS (77) February 24, 1998=20
A cartoonist for Mad Magazine, Prohias created the "Spy vs Spy" panel, a
running gag of grinning strike-counter strike destruction between two
rivals. The main satire of these endlessly similar cartoons was the endless
game of destruction played by these two foolish look-alike and think-alikes.
Prohias had arrived at Mad Magazine after escaping from Castro's Cuba.
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN (87) June 22, 1998=20
Ms. O'Sullivan got a laugh when I reminded her how often David Letterman
would prompt Mia Farrow to "tell everybody who your mother is." As if nobody
knew the great Maureen O'Sullivan, who of course made so many movies
including six as Jane opposite Johnny "Tarzan" Weismuller. I had to add that
I felt Johnny was an awfully bleary-eyed "Tarzan" and she had to have
enjoyed working opposite Groucho Marx alot better! She co-starred with the
Marx Brothers in "Day at the Races," and remains one of the few heroines
that anybody ever cared about in a slapstick comedy. She had a home in
upstate New York as well as Arizona where she died.=20
NAT PERRIN (93) May 9th, 1998.=20
A crony of Groucho Marx, scriptwriter Nat Perrin worked on Olsen and
Johnson's "Hellzapoppin," "The Gracie Allen Murder Case," Red Skelton's
"Whistling in Dixie" and co-wrote several Abbott & Costello films. He wrote
Bob Hope's "I'll Take Sweden" in the 60's and worked on the TV comedies "The
Addams Family" and "The Red Skelton Show." He recalled in "The Marx Brothers
Scrapbook" how he moved out to California to earn $100 a week working on
"Monkey Business." He said, "That seemed like an enormous amount of money
and I got scared...When I got out to Paramount the first fellow I run across
I discover is being paid $1500 a week! I wanted to go back and demand more
money..."=20
SAM PERRIN (96) January 8, 1998=20
A comedy writer for Jack Benny, Sam Perrin had a long and distinguished
career that covered both radio and television.=20
MAE QUESTEL (89) January 4, 1998=20
The cartoon voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, Mae lived right here in
Manhattan.=A027 East 65th, to be exact. A pretty hip lady, she was willing=
to
lend her distinctive voice to "Mrs. Portnoy Retorts," a jerky kind of parody
album that answered "Portnoy's Complaint." She also played Woody Allen's
mother in "New York Stories."=20
ESTHER ROLLE (78) November 17, 1998=20
Sitcom producers said, "Let the good times Rolle," starring the evocative
character actress in "Good Times" with John Amos and Jimmie Walker. Her
previous sitcom fame hinged on her part as Esther the Maid on "Maude." Rolle
played in a number of serious films including "I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings" "Raisin in the Sun" and "Driving Miss Daisy." She had diabetes and
was retired for several years.=20
EMIL SITKA (83) January 16, 1998=20
A foil for The Three Stooges, Sitka played everything from dizzy butlers to
cranky old men.On the autographed picture I have from him, he added "Hold
Hands You Love Birds." Actually, he rubber-stamped that part. That line
(from a short in which he played a dizzy reverend) became a favorite
catch-phrase for fans. After he suffered a stroke, Stooges fans around the
world wrote to him, offering him their prayers. The letters were always read
to him, and it's possible that he could at least hear them.He lingered in a
coma for months. Back in the 70's, Emil nearly became a full-fledged Stooge
himself. He was going to replace Larry Fine in the act, but after a few
rehearsals, Moe Howard became ill and the act disbanded.=20
BUFFALO BOB SMITH (80) July 30, 1998=20
For many kids, he was the first funnyman they saw. As he tried to handle
Howdy Doody and Clarabell the Clown and way too much seltzer, the little
ones in the "peanut gallery" roared with laughter, squealing, shrieking,
squalling, howling, mewling, spitting, screeching...And somehow the guy who
was born Robert Schmidt in Buffalo, New York never lost his affection for
his marionette or his young fans. He was always willing to re-live the old
days and to ask nostalgic grown-ups, "Hey Kids, What Time is It?"
Why..."Howdy Doody Time," a time which is in some ways immortal.=20
HARRY STANLEY (100) February 15, 1998=20
Harry lived to such a ripe old age, few remembered that he was a vaudeville
comedy performer known for his double-talk routines.=20
DOROTHY STICKNEY (101) June 2, 1998=20
One of the enduring stars of Broadway, Dorothy Stickney appeared in the
longest running play in the history of the New York stage: "Life with
Father," co-starring her husband Howard Lindsay. She also starred in "The
Front Page" and was paired with Lindsay for the television musical
production of "Cinderella." Her films include "Working Girls" "What a Life"
and "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker." Her TV career included a special
production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" and continued into the 70's when she
guested on the first episode of "The Waltons."=20
SYLVIA FIELD TRUEX (97) July 31, 1998=20
The venerable actress was probably best known for playing opposite Joe
Kearns on "Dennis the Menace." She was the kindly Mrs. Wilson...while Kearns
got the laughs as the crabby old guy who just didn't find Jay North too damn
funny.=20
PAUL WEST (86) June 15, 1998=20
A radio script writer ("The Billie Burke Show," "The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet" and "The Great Gildersleeve") Paul West was welcomed to TV and a
variety of sitcoms including "My Three Sons," "Father Knows Best" and "The
Real McCoys."=20
FLIP WILSON (64) November 25, 1998=20
Not too long ago I wrote the liner notes for a Flip Wilson re-issue CD (on
Varese Sarabande). I mentioned my hope that more of his albums would return
on CD. Perhaps they will, but now as a tribute to a deceased star. Flip died
of liver cancer, taking with him Ray Charles' ultimate fan, "Geraldine."
Know how Flip got his nickname? He used to do Shakespeare parodies for his
pals. They'd laugh and say "He flippeth his lid!" Real name? Clerow...=20
HENNY YOUNGMAN (91) February 24, 1998=20
"The King of the One-Liners," Henny was telling jokes (often the same jokes)
from his radio days on "The Kate Smith Show" in 1939 right through 1998. It
seemed every time I met him he had the same friendly, glazed look on his
face, the same as on stage when he'd recite all those one-liners one after
another, pleasantly oblivious to the level of laughter each one got. His
most famous gag was "Take my wife...please!" (His wife Sadie passed away in
1987.) And at the end? Well, everybody had to insist that his last words
were... "Take my Life...please."=20
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