[78-L] Sam Levenson was Yiddish Home on the range, soon to be totally off topic ^

[David Lennick]

Just kidding...on the other hand, I knew a young guy in the 70s who bought a 
Richard Pryor LP because he'd seen him on TV and thought he'd be entertaining. 
He actually took it back for a refund. Shocking!

(Anyone notice that those "new old" photos of Obama look more like Richard 
Pryor than anyone else?)

dl

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> 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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