[78-L] aircheck - Morey Amsterdam show

[davdieh at aol.com]

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I picked up a home recording of the Morey Amsterdam show, 10" 78.? He has a 


guest who does a great send up of Cab Calloway singing St James Infirmary, tells 
cab jokes[hadsome cab - ugly cab], and Morey sings Why Did I Ever Leave Wyoming, 
covering several different styles.? It ends with yet another send up of Laughing 
On the Outside by Morey.? Suely he was a great comedic talent - no wonder I 
loved him on VanDyke's TV show!? He references the new Morey Amsterdam party 
record, so we date it to sometime in 1947, but who was the Calloway sound-alike 
guest?

Rodger

I guess the Party Album stayed in print for a while and he wrote "Wyoming" in '46. His TV show was simulcast on radio.
"From December 17, 1948 to March 7, 1949, Morey Amsterdam was the emcee
at a nightclub located in Times Square on the CBS network."
http://www.crazyabouttv.com/moreyamsterdamshow.html

One of the 1949 Dumont shows:
http://www.archive.org/details/moreyamsterdamshow
David Diehl