Starter of this subject: Chuck
Last post in this subject: 1/23/2004
Messages in this subject: 3
| Chuck | 1/23/2004 3 replies |
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Sometime in the early fifties I heard a male comedy (variety, maybe vaudeville) act with one punch line for every set-up "Its in the book!" His presentation was as an old time traveling show preacher.
I think he was on a variety show like Arthur Godfrey’s, but I can't remember any details. Does any one remember who, what, where, etc.? Thanks
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| Steven | 1/26/2004 2 replies |
| I don't have a clue who did it but I believe it was a comedy record as midwest TV pioneer Paul Dixon, whose show ran on the networks briefly in the mid-fifties but continued live in Cinacinnati until his death circa 1974, used to do a routine where he mimed the record. Let me emphasize, it was definitely NOT Paul Dixon who did it but I recall seeing him mime the record several times in the mid-sixties and the early seventies. |
| Bob Slate | 1/26/2004 1 replies |
| It was John Standley who did It's In The Book." It was a Country Comedy Record in the early 1950's. Sorry, I don't know anything else about it. |
| Ted Hering | 1/27/2004 0 replies |
| Johnny Standley's "It's In the Book" was released in the early 1950s as a 78 for Capitol. One side was a satire of "Little Bo Peep" ("Now, think for a moment! Think! If the sheep were lost and you couldn't find them, you'd HAVE to leave them alone, wouldn't you?") The flip side was the singalong "Grandma's Lye Soap." This classic has been reissued many times on comedy complilation LPs and CDs. Johnny issued a handful of other comedy records shortly |