IJBFC Chat - October 13, 2019
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Hi Rodrigo!
Jell-O, everybody.
Hi folks!
Here we are again - in
Jell-O good company
Evening Garth!
Hey Hookie!
Hey! That's the Canada Dry
theme!
I'm sure the head of Canada
Dry wouldn't take kindly to his theme pushing Jell-O, although it does work!
By the way folks, we have
two continents covered tonight. Rodrigo is on from Santiago, Chile!
Welcome to the chat!
I can just hear Dennis Day
saying "Talk to the sponsor!"
Thanks, Ms. Leibowitz, and
all of you folks.
Anybody has listened to the show today? I listened to the April 11, '43 show
(Jack's return after five weeks of illness).
Call up the little sponsor,
call him up!
Ah, that also has Orson
Welles on it IIRC
Only if you need him to put
in a good word with the academy
If you're wondering why I'm
listening to an April show in October, it's because it's more appropriate to do
so down in the Southern Hemisphere.
Right, that makes sense!
Sorry we don't have more
people on yet, but the ones who are here are all good.
Though, I can make an
exception if you decide to have us see or listen an October episode.
Actually, I think tonight's
episode was requested because of the guest stars rather than the vintage.
OK
We'll put it to a
vote...want to wait for others or get to the show?
lets wait til ten past
I can wait
OK sounds good
Awright. As long it doesn't
interfere with my 9:30 show (I won't mention the name of the star, but the
orchestra is led by Al Goodman).
gives me some time to make
the popcorn
Rodrigo...how does one
become a Jack Benny fan in Chile?
Did you put out the alert
for the chat?
Internet, maybe. That
"Looney Tunes" short, "Ned's Declassified", "The
Simpsons". I can't remember!
You know, I scheduled it on
the Facebook page and put it on jb.org,
but I decided not to send the E-mail
But you can't deny Jack had
a huge influence on comedy.
I was kind of curious how
many people would need the reminder, and I was pretty late sending it anyway.
Rodrigo - It was "The
Mouse That Jack Built" that got me, so I fully understand.
Speaking of multitasking,
I'm listenin' to Charlie McCarthy.
Hookie - I guess I learned
my lesson!
And I'm gonna listen to
another show at 9:30 (NY Time). I won't tell the name of the star to avoid
offending the Boss.
Are you sure it's Al
Goodman and not Peter Van Steeden?
The sponsor is Texaco.
Aha...gotcha. Well,
if I see Mr. Ramshaw, I'll say hi.
Ah -- the Kenny Baker show
Well done
It's actually The Jimmy
Wallington Program.
My picture database is down
so I cant call up the Getty pic of Kenny at the gas pump
Or the Stuart Canin
Spotlight. But that was a few years earlier.
Garth - Oh dear, no data
loss I hope.
Oh, I've got a surprise for
you. A little bit of "Bennymorabilia"...
Cool
It was when I was putting
the drive back in AFTER cloning it that i destroyed the data connection
of the SATA drive - no data loss, but a 500gig drive is toasted
I have a cigarette card
from Argentina that identifies a swarthy fellow as Jack (obviously very wrong)!
Garth - I hate it when that
happens.
I think my computer is
about to go kaput.... it is sounding like the Maxwell...
at least could justify
getting a 4 terrabyte drive - $100 canadian on sale
Garth - Good deal!
A newspaper ad from 1936
announcing the opening of the Metro Theatre in Santiago, which premiered with
"Broadway Melody of 1936".
Practically Benny pricing
at 1/2 off
Jack is at the upper left
corner of the ad.
I love it!
My apologies if I abruptly
disappear... my computer is making a lot of bad noise...
I can read some of the
Spanish, but not all. What does it say by him in the upper left? I
get "An anticipated triumph"
Hookie - You are forgiven.
Also featured were Laurel
and Hardy in a promotional film with them speaking in Spanish (not the first
time) and a Happy Harmony.
According to the ad, all
seats for the day were reserved.
I remember seeing some
Spanish Laurel and Hardy...was it dubbed, or were they doing it phonetically?
Phonetically. They read
from a blackboard.
1939 - LOS ANGELES -
SEPTEMBER 1: CBS Radio stars Frances Langford and Kenny Baker at drive-in café
and gas station. They are on break from performing on The Texaco Star Theater.
Image dated September 1, 1939. Los Angeles, California. (Photo by CBS via Getty
Images)
I know Hardy worked solo,
but did Stan?
Yup. Before they were a
team, both had somewhat successful careers.
Boleterias (tickets)
aberitadas (closed? reserved) todo la dia (all day)
Ahhh... I wasn't sure about
Stan... thanks!
"Boleterías Abiertas"
means "Box Offices Open".
Rodrigo - That I did not
know!
Oh, that makes sense
"Localidades Agotadas"
means "Locations Reserved",
OK got it
Boleterias - box office to
buy boletas, like a carcineria (forgive the spelling if it's off) is a place to
buy carne. I never expected to learn Spanish on the chat.
Abierto is open, cerrado is
closed. Right. Duh
Other than "Si"
Carnicería. And, Mr. Benny
is an "amarrete" (Chilean slang for "stingy").
Sy.
Thank you. I knew I
had it wrong.
Amarrete... got it
Amarrete - Interesting,
trying to think of a word that bridges me to that, and I can't think of one.
Say, here's a question...
I realize (although some
Americans don't) that Mexico is not Chile. Although the language, if not
the dialect, is similar.
So there are people who
point at the Si, Sy routine and say that it shouldn't be shown because it's
racist.
What is the view of someone
coming from a Latinx culture on that?
It's quite funny, but it
would be impossible to translate. Although that's a wider issue about comedy in
general.
Actually, they did do a
French version once.
Si => Oui
Mon Duck Mon Duck
J'ai mange la fenetre
For some reason, the
Peruvian accent is quite similar to the Mexican, only that the stereotype has
them saying "pe" at the end of every other phrase instead of "guey".
Now how do you say eight
ball off the corner
Can I chime in with some
Ubbi-dubbi?
Rodrigo - Interesting.
I learned about the perceptions of different South/Central American
accents when my ex-husband called a hotel in Argentina where we were going to
stay, and his "kitchen Spanish" accent got a rather haughty treatment
by the person on the other end.
I hope his grasp of the
language wasn't as atrocious as Basil Fawlty's (A mucho burro alí).
Speaking of the "Si-Sy" debate. I think one aspect that hasn't aged
too well is that Rochester lived in with Jack. You couldn't have two men do that
after 1970 for obvious reasons.
I've heard that the French
can be that way to Americans trying to speak in a French accent...
Yes, I have a lot of people
comment about that to me. It's unfortunate that it's a blocker for some
people, but there it is.
BTW, love Fawlty Towers.
Anyone has read the funny
papers today?
Hookie - Especially if
they're speaking English with a French accent. Comes out somewhat like
Nottingham.
Yeah... that's why I stay
home.
Saw this in the mags a
while back ...
Well, we've gone well past
our 10 minutes. I've got Peter, Paul and Mary cued up, but I can't
remember who requested it.
I love it!
With such a small crowd,
would you like to see it or save it for next time?
I'm fine with it.
Fine with seeing it or
saving it?
Now I have the Waukegan
song stuck in my head
That makes two of us.
It's getting on for winter
--- the jokes will keep without refrigeration
My auto-correct wanted to
change it to Milwaukee
When You Say "I Beg
Your Pardon"...
Like the swallows at
Chicago
Wasn't that Sorano?
... return to Cincinnati...
Wait a minute!
It was, but it's easier for
them to fly from Chicago to Waukegan
Train of thought
leaving for Anaheim ...
It just doesn't rhyme
Garth - Har har
Hookie - I thought those
were turkeys
OK, I've learned my lesson.
Send out the E-mail reminder.
As God is my witness....
Rodrigo - In case this
doesn't ring a bell for you, the turkey reference is to "WKRP in
Cincinnati"
... you know the rest...
I got tired of unpacking
Oh well done, Garth!
Opening of a meat market
Be right back....
One of the few good
episodes of the last season
They broadcast "WKRP"
here, but that was before my time (I turned 24 today).
Mazel tov!
Sorry ... I had to tend to
business ...
I was 24 once
Hey! In 15 years, I'll be
39!
I was 39 one
once
Dennis!
Hookie - Only once?
(Well, I still tell people
I'm 32.... no one believes me)
I think most of you know
that I pretty much went into hiding about my age the year I was 39. I just
couldn't bear the thought of all the cracks people would make.
"How can you be 32 for
over 15 years?"
You can keep a spare head
or two in the closet
OK. Let's call it
good for this month, and we'll watch Peter Paul and Mary next month. "Send
out the reminder, I said, SEND OUT THE REMINDER! Don't just barge in and
expect people to remember!"
1936 - PUMPKIN PICKERS,
ATTENTION! - Ducking for apples on Hallowee'en night is as old-fashioned as the
three-tube neutrodyne. The new game is to guess, by the light in his eyes,
which is the pumpkin ... er ... that is, which is Fred Allen. The winnah
gets one of Jack Benny's second-hand cigars and the lock of hair torn out of the
first amateur to appear on Town Hall Tonight, that program that's heard every
Wednesday at 9:00 p.m.,, EST, over the NBC-Red Network
Ok, that is truly
frightening indeed!
They look surprised
Seriously, was that caption
from 10/20/36?
Here is the obverse
I've long said the
Benny-Allen feud started well before Stuart Canin. Just more proof of
that.
At the Facebook page (I
can't remember if it was the IJBFC or another), I compared him to Frankenstein
(as Jack telling Rochester why F.A. didn't appear on TV yet),
Ha...I can see the
resemblance.
It's time for me to go back
to my Holiday Pot Roast
If you add some weight and
a couple of spectacles on Allen, you get a character from a popular comic strip.
And if you take the first
two letters from Fred, you get his name.
Ha
OK, thanks for stopping
folks. Glad we made the best of it tonight! Hope to see you next
month.
Thanks! Good night folks!
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Running
a little late, folks! I'll try again next month!