I've posted a couple photos on Yahoo for you. One is from the 1951 rehearsal for "Colgate Comedy Hour" in Chicago, with the sound-effects line-up performing...
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dwillis174
Dec 2, 2005 10:32 pm
... effects ... Gardner, ... in ... Many years ago, a friend of of mine showed me a video of a wonderful performance of the City Slickers doing...
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ted.hering@...
tkhering
Dec 2, 2005 11:13 pm
The "Charleston-o Mio" clip you saw is from a TV pilot Spike made in the summer of 1950. I remember the Barton Twins in that.... In fact, when I saw the the...
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pxclark
Dec 3, 2005 12:53 am
Now online: Thomas Pynchon's liner notes for "Spiked!" The link: www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_music_jones.html Regards to all, Paul Clark...
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Jordan Young
jyoung_1026
Dec 3, 2005 4:48 am
Jeff Brown of KTOO, an Alaskan NPR station, does a program every year on Spike's birthday. This year's program--including interviews with Dr. Demento and yours...
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Mark Johnson
forksbanjoba...
Dec 9, 2005 9:07 pm
Happy Hollyday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
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Doug
churn45fume
Dec 11, 2005 7:46 pm
I'm new here, so please forgive a late message. Among the other things that Ravenscroft was on, wasn't he also the basso in "This Ole House' by Rosemary...
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Doug
churn45fume
Dec 11, 2005 8:11 pm
I didn't realize how long Doodles (Winstead) Weaver has been gone. He died in January, 1983, and was 71 years old. I had friends in the L.A. area who knew him....
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Hawkshaw1927@...
milliethesillie
Dec 12, 2005 7:29 pm
Anyone have any up to date (past 10 years) information on Sir Frederick Gas (Earl Bennett).Lost track of him when he left SJ band....
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Howard Halasz
howardhalasz
Dec 12, 2005 8:44 pm
Joe Siracusa recently told me that he's living in an assisted living center near Tarzana, and he is blind and is suffering from short term memory loss. He's...
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Ted K Hering
tkhering
Dec 13, 2005 4:04 am
Yes, that was Thurl. Interestingly, I believe it was also Thurl singing bass on the Stuart Hamblin version of :"This Old House" as well! I guess I prefer the...
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Hawkshaw1927@...
milliethesillie
Dec 13, 2005 7:56 pm
Thanks much for the info on Earl Bennett. I'd prefer to email you direct for any other clue you may have to where he is now...and many thanks for the photo....
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Ted K Hering
tkhering
Dec 14, 2005 2:03 am
I don't know how to contact Earl. You might try asking Joe Siracusa. Do you have his phone number or e-mail address? Ted On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:55:44 EST...
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Jordan Young
jyoung_1026
Dec 14, 2005 6:21 pm
... Actually Doodles was 69. His birthdate, 5/11/13, was incorrect on his death certificate and all the obits. Only when I finally examined his diaries did I...
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Doug
churn45fume
Dec 21, 2005 2:14 am
This guy was another tune mangler of the highest order. He was sometimes spoken of as the Jewish Spike Jones. I believe that he played in SJ's orchestra...
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Ted K Hering
tkhering
Dec 21, 2005 5:14 am
Mickey recorded a handfull of Spike soundalikes, complete with tuned cowbells, trombone fonks, etc. "There's a Hole in the Old Iron Curtain," with vocal by...
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Paul Moore
ukemad
Dec 21, 2005 8:05 am
Aloha All, Still having problems in sorting out what i managed to save re my back ups as i no longer have roxio to read the discs .. still getting there i keep...
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James
junglero
Jan 21, 2006 10:57 pm
I finally found an actual SJ 78! It is the "Ladies Man" re-release of "Cocktails For Two" b/w "Holiday For Strings". As this was a re- release in conjunction...
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Ted K Hering
tkhering
Jan 22, 2006 1:24 am
"Cocktails" and "Holiday" were recorded in 1944, but were issued with different flip sides. When the movie "Ladies Man" came out in 1947, RCA repackaged the...
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James
junglero
Jan 22, 2006 7:51 pm
Thank you,Ted, for your answer regarding my SJ 78 repackage for the movie "Ladies Man". I take it "Cocktails For Two" got a lot of pressings regardless of what...
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Ted K Hering
tkhering
Jan 23, 2006 1:44 am
Good question! It sounds to me like someone saying, "Well." Another way of saying "Big deal," I guess. It took me years to figure out what Del Porter is...
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James
junglero
Jan 24, 2006 12:49 am
On the Spike Jones recordings where speeded up talking is used, is there anything actually being said? I can't recall a specific recording off hand, but I...
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Howard Halasz
howardhalasz
Jan 24, 2006 1:42 am
In "Happy New year", the speeded up voice after "When my mother in law begins to scream and shout", you will hear a speeded up voice. Slow it down, and you'll...
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James
junglero
Jan 25, 2006 12:42 am
Thank you Howard for the info! Where did they come up with that phrase?? If it was someone's catchphrase or slogan, I've never heard of it. (That was some...
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Howard Halasz
howardhalasz
Jan 25, 2006 1:26 am
Back in those days, rather than tape recorders, we had multi-speed wire recorders. Magnetic sound data was stored on a spool of magnetic steel wire rather...
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Thomas Rude
tjrude
Jan 25, 2006 12:13 pm
Greetings, I'm a Spike Jones fan stationed in Korea (US Army). A few months back, I got an idea to have one of the Korean artists that set up on base to do a...
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kreftoon@...
kreftoon
Jan 25, 2006 5:20 pm
From what I understand, the gibberish is part of a commercial for a fountain pen. At least that is what I have been told. For a look at a multli-speed wire...
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Ted K Hering
tkhering
Jan 26, 2006 12:30 am
On "Happy New Year." Sounds like she says, "...the real fine point, and the real sales poi--" Probably an old radio transcription that was lying around. On...
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Ted K Hering
tkhering
Jan 26, 2006 12:58 am
By the way, Spike's clarinet player Bernie Jones (who also played the character Ole Svenson) appears on the bandstand in the nightclub scene of "Dick Tracy."...
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Howard Halasz
howardhalasz
Jan 26, 2006 1:19 am
... From: Howard Halasz To: Howard E. Halasz Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [SpikeJones] Spike Jones gibberish I used Sound Recorder to...
