[78-L] Sam Levenson was Yiddish Home on the range

[Jeff Sultanof]

David,

This was my dad, remember, who seldom paid attention to such things. He
thought he was getting a comedy record when he bought it.

Jeff

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Er..the album WAS titled "But Seriously, Folks"....not "Uncle Sam Lays 'Em
> In
> The Aisles" (in which case it might have been put in the same bin with
> Rusty
> Warren and B. S. Pulley)..
>
> Bet it wasn't a zillionth as disappointing as that Lenny Bruce album on
> Warner
> Brothers!
>
> dl
>
> Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> > The album on Signature sparks one of my early memories. My father brought
> > this album home, explained to my brother and I that Levinson was a
> > comedian/personality he really enjoyed, really built him up, and then put
> > this record on. The album is a series of talks on juvenile delinquancy,
> and
> > once we heard about one minute of it and realized that this was, in fact,
> a
> > serious album, dad immediately took it off the phonograph, muttered a few
> > words, and it disappeared for many years until I dug it out when I was a
> > teenager and just beginning to collect records. It was then that I
> finally
> > listened to the whole thing. I sold my copy years ago.
> >
> > Jeff Sultanof
> >
> >>
> >> Signature SM1026          12" LP
> >> LEVENSON, SAM: But Seriously Folks,
> >>  Mamas go home
> >>  The fourth R
> >>  Shirley's mother
> >>  The atom of divinity
> >>  What harm can it do?
> >>  It's greater than you think
> >>  Ain't she cute
> >>  Happy, happier, happiest
> >>  Tug-o-war
> >>  Let's get together
> >>  In closing.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> >> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Thomas Stern
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:16 PM
> >> To: 78-L Mail List
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Yiddish Home on the range
> >>
> >>
> >> Apollo 172, 173
> >> Sam Levinson.
> >> Basic Yiddish
> >> 172  Lesson I  "Business Administration" C-2164
> >> 172  Lesson II "Kosher Kalories"
> >>  Lesson III "Kloles"
> >>
> >> 173  Lesson III is "Family Life."  C-2165        Jewish Novelty
> >> 173  Lesson Iv  Kl
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> >> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Donna Halper
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:54 PM
> >> To: 78-L Mail List
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Yiddish Home on the range
> >>
> >>
> >> And do any of you recall hearing any spoken word 78s by Sam
> >> Levinson?  When I was growing up, he was a very popular comedian and
> >> some of his routines (partly in Yiddish and partly in English) were
> >> frequently played in my house.  My parents loved him.
> >>
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