IJBFC Chat - March 3, 2019
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garth_johnson
[4:07 PM]
March
15, 1936 - Picks you up when you're not so hot, calms you down when you're taxed
- Laugh with Joanie to feel your level best.
garth_johnson
[5:15 PM]
Reading
Fein's book and went searching ... - Storm Lake Pilot, November 17, 1911.
Steve_Smith
[4:56 PM]
Hi
Ya Buck !!
tkonek
[4:57 PM]
Greetings!
Neil
Ottenstein [4:57 PM]
joined
jackbennykubelsky.
Laura
Leibowitz [4:58 PM]
Hi
folks!
Great
articles as always, Garth!
Steve_Smith
[4:58 PM]
I
woke up just in time!!
Neil
Ottenstein [4:58 PM]
Made
it. Thanks
Laura
Leibowitz [4:58 PM]
Hi
Neil - That was fast!
Good
morning, Steve!
Tom
V. [4:59 PM]
Hello
everyone!
Steve_Smith
[4:59 PM]
nap
silly girl
Laura
Leibowitz [4:59 PM]
Zowie,
no vampires in my house tonight. I'm
slow-roasting pork that has been marinated in oregano and garlic
Hi
Tom!
Steve_Smith
[4:59 PM]
Ahoy
everryone
Laura
Leibowitz [4:59 PM]
Hi
Perry! Good to see you here.
Hi
Hookie!
And
Ted as well...don't want you to feel left out.
How's
everyone doing tonight?
Steve_Smith
[5:00 PM]
I
found a second Acme Plaza Hotel towel the other day.. though i had the only one.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:00 PM]
Just
finished dinner.
Tom
V. [5:00 PM]
Doing
well.
R.
Hookie [5:00 PM]
Hi
folks!
Neil
Ottenstein [5:01 PM]
The
last few weeks I've been listening to the Neighbors set of episodes with the
Colmans
Lots
of fun
Laura
Leibowitz [5:02 PM]
Then
you must be feeling pretty happy
now!
Steve_Smith
[5:02 PM]
hey're
some of my all imte fav's
t
of
any otr
Laura
Leibowitz [5:02 PM]
I
was hearing an interview about #MeToo in the golden age
Apparently
plenty of women had crushes on Ronald Colman
Which
is completely understandable.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:03 PM]
indeed
Laura
Leibowitz [5:03 PM]
But
everyone of every gender had a crush on Cary Grant
So
they said.
Hi
Beverly!
Wow,
that stopped the room cold.
R.
Hookie [5:04 PM]
Cold?
Laura
Leibowitz [5:04 PM]
Hookie
knows from cold.
Steve_Smith
[5:04 PM]
I
could get into Hall's of Ivy ... maybe I didn't try enough shows
garth_johnson
[5:04 PM]
So
how's the show been so far ...
Laura
Leibowitz [5:05 PM]
Garth
- Just waiting for people to log in. Just
getting rolling.
Love
the articles above, BTW
Steve_Smith
[5:05 PM]
couldn't
that is
Laura
Leibowitz [5:05 PM]
So
while we're waiting, what's on your mind Benny-wise?
(I'll
leave that setup there for someone to finish it)
Steve_Smith
[5:06 PM]
Watching
Bowery Boys before chat ... fun stuff but napped anyway..
Laura
Leibowitz [5:07 PM]
We
had Leo Gorcey Jr. at the IJBFC convention back in 2003.
Steve_Smith
[5:07 PM]
oh
cool.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:07 PM]
It
has been probably 40 years since I've seen any Bowery Boys
Steve_Smith
[5:07 PM]
I
watch Amazon Fire TV stick..
Laura
Leibowitz [5:07 PM]
I
was playing Mah Jongg. No Bowery
Boys there.
Steve_Smith
[5:08 PM]
No
cable in years
Laura
Leibowitz [5:08 PM]
OK,
looks like we've got critical mass...let's see what's on the docket for
tonight...
Steve_Smith
[5:08 PM]
drum
roll
garth_johnson
[5:08 PM]
There
will be a slight pause ....
Neil
Ottenstein [5:08 PM]
well
......
Laura
Leibowitz [5:09 PM]
So
we may have done this one on the chat previously
But
if we did, I don't remember for sure.
https://www.watch2gether.com/rooms/ijbfc-mbrm7osc3l5p85x3t9
watch2gether.com
Let's
meet on Watch2Gether
Watch2Gether
lets you watch videos with your friends, synchronized at the same time.
For
anyone joining the chat while the show is in progress, please go to the link
above!
Afterwards
we'll come back here to discuss.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:10 PM]
Cool
R.
Hookie [5:35 PM]
Ok...
I'm back
Tom
V. [5:35 PM]
Good
episode.
Perri
[5:35 PM]
Hiya!
Neil
Ottenstein [5:35 PM]
That
was fun. Thanks
Laura
Leibowitz [5:35 PM]
OK,
I got the closing line.
You
didn't miss much
tkonek
[5:35 PM]
Hi
Everyone!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:36 PM]
Why
Dennis couldn't say that his salary was $3K a week previously
He
couldn't say it on Washington's Birthday.
*Rimshot*
Neil
Ottenstein [5:36 PM]
Nice!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:36 PM]
I'm
really curious to hear people's thoughts on the "yellow humor" aspects
of that show
That's
part of what I'm fighting in trying to get the shows in wider circulation
Tom
V. [5:37 PM]
It
was a fine. Nothing was
intentionally mean about it.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:37 PM]
It
is a product of the time. You need
to remember that.
R.
Hookie [5:38 PM]
Are
distributors cringing at some of the content?
Laura
Leibowitz [5:38 PM]
Jack's
shows may have aged well for not being topical, but they run into a surprising
amount of identity politics these days.
Hookie
- They don't know it to that level of detail.
It's more in the broader discussion of things like Rochester's role,
Si-Sy, stuff like this.
Jack
Webb show runs into the same issues.
The
Benny show with Webb as a guest
R.
Hookie [5:39 PM]
Hmmm....
Steve_Smith
[5:39 PM]
glad
we grew up before TV taugt people to be offended by everything
Neil
Ottenstein [5:40 PM]
Very
glad
R.
Hookie [5:40 PM]
Agreed
Tom
V. [5:40 PM]
Me
too!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:40 PM]
The
Dean of Gettysburg College was forced to resign because someone found a photo of
him at a Hogan's Heroes party in 1980.
Dressed
as...guess what...
Neil
Ottenstein [5:41 PM]
just
a Nazi or someone in particular?
Steve_Smith
[5:41 PM]
paleface's
skin seem to be thickest//
Laura
Leibowitz [5:41 PM]
A
coworker (whose daughter goes there) asked me my opinion, and I said, "Hey,
I can show you a photo of Jack in Nazi uniform from 1941."
Neil
- The photo only shows him as a Nazi with a swastika armband
Neil
Ottenstein [5:41 PM]
context
matters
Laura
Leibowitz [5:41 PM]
And
all the actors who played Nazis on "Hogan's Heroes" were Jewish.
R.
Hookie [5:41 PM]
Yes,
context...
garth_johnson
[5:42 PM]
They
would throw Jack into the clinic if he was dessed like Col. Klink.
Steve_Smith
[5:42 PM]
context
doesn't matter now .. wife got fire last week for an innocent word twisted by
snowflake
Laura
Leibowitz [5:42 PM]
Aw
man, Steve...sorry to hear that.
R.
Hookie [5:42 PM]
That's
too bad...
Neil
Ottenstein [5:43 PM]
that's
terrible
Steve_Smith
[5:43 PM]
just
wrong ... she's taking way hard
Laura
Leibowitz [5:43 PM]
I
don't blame her.
Well,
what else about the show?
R.
Hookie [5:43 PM]
Hope
things get better
Steve_Smith
[5:43 PM]
me
too
R.
Hookie [5:43 PM]
The
makeup was over the top
Laura
Leibowitz [5:44 PM]
Yes!
I've had so many people tell me that mask on Jack scared them as a kid!
R.
Hookie [5:44 PM]
I
can see that
Laura
Leibowitz [5:44 PM]
It
even haunted me a bit...it was one of the shows they aired when I was first
getting acquainted with Jack.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:44 PM]
I
guess it was late enough that it wasn't live
Tom
V. [5:44 PM]
Loved
that make-up. Universal had some of
the best back then!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:45 PM]
Recorded
9/26/63
Aired
2/11/64
Steve_Smith
[5:45 PM]
when
I was young ... I'd see jack as guest star or on his specials
would
hear LSMFT mentioned
everyone
would laugh
I
didn't know what was so funny
R.
Hookie [5:46 PM]
Context
Steve_Smith
[5:46 PM]
Found
a pac of my uncle's Luskys
Laura
Leibowitz [5:46 PM]
I'm
still floored that there's a reference to Kenny Baker on the 2/14/54 radio show.
Steve_Smith
[5:46 PM]
saw
LSMFT on it
Laura
Leibowitz [5:46 PM]
Steve
- Green or white?
Steve_Smith
[5:46 PM]
and
started laghing and showing everyone.
They
said "what's so funny
Neil
Ottenstein [5:47 PM]
It
is amazing how they just wove the LSMFT into the radio episodes
Steve_Smith
[5:47 PM]
I
don;t know
white
this
was in the 60s
Laura
Leibowitz [5:47 PM]
Definitely
white then
garth_johnson
[5:47 PM]
Lucky
Strike green has gone to war
Laura
Leibowitz [5:47 PM]
Unless
he smoked very, very, very seldomly
Let's
see if I can find info on the middle commercial for this one
All
I have is "Don brings out a yodeler to help with commercial"
R.
Hookie [5:48 PM]
I
only smoke on dates... I haven't smoked in 20-some years...
Laura
Leibowitz [5:49 PM]
Awwww
R.
Hookie [5:49 PM]
(rimshot)
Laura
Leibowitz [5:49 PM]
Oh
here's something!
The
guy on the record telling Dennis to put in a quarter is Freddy de Cordova.
R.
Hookie [5:49 PM]
Ooooo!
Tom
V. [5:50 PM]
Cool
trivia!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:50 PM]
Chinese
waiters were Tommy Lee, Willie Soo Hoo (make up your own joke), and James Shew
R.
Hookie [5:50 PM]
Sue
who?
Sorry...
I had to
Steve_Smith
[5:50 PM]
Sy?
Laura
Leibowitz [5:50 PM]
Sammee
Tong was credited as Sammee Toy
I
knew that would be irresistible. Was
waiting for a Whoville or Grinch reference
Tom
V. [5:51 PM]
The
closing credits with the guest cast would've created their own laughs!
Steve_Smith
[5:51 PM]
Hey
... that was the name of a girl in a Charlie Chan movie I just watched
Laura
Leibowitz [5:51 PM]
Cindy
Lou Who?
Who
was no more than two...
Steve_Smith
[5:52 PM]
Sami
toy
Laura
Leibowitz [5:52 PM]
Indeed!
Trivia
time...which performer on the original "How the Grinch Stole
Christmas" also was on Jack's program?
Steve_Smith
[5:53 PM]
cindy
lou grew into a whewhoo
R.
Hookie [5:53 PM]
Burl
Ives?
Steve_Smith
[5:53 PM]
Boris
garth_johnson
[5:53 PM]
Yourrrrr
a Great Question LL
Laura
Leibowitz [5:53 PM]
That
was Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
with
Burl Ives
Steve
- You're right. Who else?
Steve_Smith
[5:54 PM]
oh
... just me
Laura
Leibowitz [5:54 PM]
Karloff
was on 1/19/47 "I Stand Condemned"
Who
else from the original Grinch was on Jack's show?
Neil
Ottenstein [5:55 PM]
was
June Foray ever on it?
R.
Hookie [5:55 PM]
Beverly
Washburn?
Steve_Smith
[5:55 PM]
...
Tony the Tiger voice guy that sang?
Tom
V. [5:55 PM]
Can't
think of his name. The amazing
singing voice on "You're a Mean One, Mr.Grinch".
Laura
Leibowitz [5:55 PM]
Steve
and Tom have it...what's his name?
garth_johnson
[5:55 PM]
Thurl
Steve_Smith
[5:55 PM]
w/o
credit..
Tony
Laura
Leibowitz [5:55 PM]
Thurl......?
R.
Hookie [5:55 PM]
Steve
got it
garth_johnson
[5:55 PM]
Thurl
Ravenscroft of the Sportsmen quartet
Laura
Leibowitz [5:56 PM]
Good
going, Garth!
He
was one of the founding members.
Tom
V. [5:56 PM]
What
a great namw!
Neil
Ottenstein [5:56 PM]
June
Foray was Cindy Lou Who (uncredited) and was on Dennis Gets a Million Dollars
(1958)
garth_johnson
[5:56 PM]
Yourrrrrr
Great is his big Kellogg's line
Tom
V. [5:56 PM]
Ooops.........name!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:56 PM]
Neil
- Oh wow, I didn't know that's who did her voice!
Good
job, Neil! I learned something new
today!
Neil
Ottenstein [5:56 PM]
Glad
to help
Laura
Leibowitz [5:57 PM]
So
what else about the show, and requests for next month?
Or
anything else Benny-wise
R.
Hookie [5:57 PM]
I
want Antenna TV to put Jack back on daily!!!
Steve_Smith
[5:58 PM]
I
watch 60s batman ... saw Don &
Gladys
Tom
V. [5:58 PM]
Jack
and the IRS agents visiting, and Mr.and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart is one I really like!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:58 PM]
And
the President of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena chapter!
Tom
- Cool, we can do that.
Steve_Smith
[5:58 PM]
oh
yes!!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:58 PM]
We
should do a double-header that and the radio show with the Colmans.
Tom
V. [5:58 PM]
Thanks
Laura!!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:58 PM]
My
pleasure.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:59 PM]
IRS
would be appropriate for April
Laura
Leibowitz [5:59 PM]
Very
true!
Steve_Smith
[5:59 PM]
I
can't get enough of the Colmans with Jack
garth_johnson
[5:59 PM]
If
I told Him Once I Told him a hundred times Beware The Ides of March already
Laura
Leibowitz [5:59 PM]
LOL
Anything
else, or are we good for March?
Steve_Smith
[6:00 PM]
I've
had fun..
Laura
Leibowitz [6:00 PM]
OK,
it's a wrap folks! Thanks for
stopping by!
Steve_Smith
[6:00 PM]
I
look forward to this
Laura
Leibowitz [6:00 PM]
:slightly_smiling_face:
Neil
Ottenstein [6:00 PM]
Thanks
Perri
[6:00 PM]
Good
time, thank you again!
R.
Hookie [6:00 PM]
It's
been fun... good night folks!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:00 PM]
It
ain't a party without you all!
Steve_Smith
[6:01 PM]
Told
the wife it's JB chat tonite
garth_johnson
[6:01 PM]
I
Love to spend theses sundays with you
Tom
V. [6:01 PM]
Good
evening, everyone!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:01 PM]
Garth
- That's Eddie Cantor...
Steve_Smith
[6:01 PM]
had
fun last time
She
said
I
didn;t hear you talkinng'
We
type honey
Laura
Leibowitz [6:01 PM]
Steve
- Give her our best. Tell her she
doesn't want to work in a toxic environment.
Steve_Smith
[6:01 PM]
Poorly
in my case
Aye
Aye
Guess
I'll go too.
Laura
Leibowitz [6:02 PM]
OK,
have a good month, folks! Thanks
again!
Steve_Smith
[6:02 PM]
good
night all
Neil
Ottenstein [6:02 PM]
Good
night
Perri
[6:02 PM]
Good
night, everyone!
tkonek
[6:02 PM]
Good Night!