[78-L] Speaking of vintage TV, was Re: Autographs

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Jan 28 12:08:49 PST 2010


Stewart, Joseph R wrote:
> David Lennick asked:
> "...is Art Gilmore the Playhouse 90 announcer on 'The Comedian'?"
> 
> According to Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) it's Dick Joy, who was a regular announcer on "Playhouse 90" in the late 50s.  (He was also the announcer at the beginning of "Gomer Pyle, USMC! Starring Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle... also starring Frank Sutton as Sgt. Carter!")
> 

Oh well, so much for my so-called "ear". But I recognized a few of the 
recordings used as background music in "Marty"..one of them, used twice, was a 
substantial chunk of Menotti's "Sebastian" Ballet Suite, conducted by Dimitri 
Mitropoulos (which will bring Dave Burnham into this thread).

dl




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