On Sep 29, 10:59 am, arb <magic...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >tharpo wrote:
> >Now Cj here is the question or should I say questions...
> >Both concern comics,one a Black man, the other a Jewish
> >woman. They were staples on the variety shows that
> >flourished in the late 60s and early 70s.
> >The black man,who appeared a lot on the Ed Sullivan show
> >(and others) was a very thin man in his forties and his tag line
> >was,at the end of every punchline,"Oh Yeah!!!)
>
> Could be George Kirby.
Nope!!! George Kirbey was very far from being very thin. Also,his act
was sprinkled with impressions,although there were other elements
present or am I thinking of the black comic that played in "Cotton
comes to Harlem? This comic,which name escapes me,also appeared a few
times on Ed Sullivan's rival show(Jack Paar.
>
> >In the case of the Jewish woman,I associarted her with
> >the Mike Douglas show... She did a Bob Newheart like routine
> >pretending to talk on the phone. The one on the other end
> >was always a woman friend of hers called Ceille.
>
> Doesn't ring a bell, but comedianne Totie Fields appeared
> with Mike 125 times....
I Know it wasn't Totie Fields,the woman who died from complications
from surgery(she was diabetic and her leg had to be amputated. This
woman,who was a bush leauger Barr,had an act that was only 15% less
acidic than Barr's. The woman I'm thinking of couldn't in any sense of
the word be called brash,her phone routine,was quite gentle and had a
nonabrasive,somewhat philosophical aspect to it.
As for the first question my small time library has a book on black
comics and their humor. It isn't on the shelf now but when it's been
returned I'll use it as reference. The femal comic might be harder to
track down. In her time she was a noticble member of the small number
of female stand up comics. The other members of this very small
soriaty was:
1. Phyliss Diller
2.Rosanne Barr(before she hit both the small and large screen.
3. Totie Fields
4. Rusty Warren,this lady(don;t pretend you of them than the lady I'm
trying to track down.
This was of course in the pre Sarah Silerman era.
> CJ
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