[78-L] from Allan Sherman's "A Gift of Laughter"

[David Lennick]

That still breaks me up. And Allan did make 78s (for Jubilee).

dl

On 12/9/2011 1:18 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> Forgive the non-78 intrusion, but thought I'd post a humorous aside from my favorite autobiography, Allan Sherman's "A Gift of Laughter."
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> Cary Ginell
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> As the program became more popular and the quantity of mail (and memos) increased, I needed a secretary desperately. For some reason, Goodson and Todman did not want to assign me a secretary.
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> On January 31, 1955, I dispatched this memo:
> to: MARK GOODSON
> from: ALLAN SHERMAN
> subject: I'VE GOT A SECRET Secretary
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> As soon as you have some time, I would like to outline to you the reasons why we could make a profitable use of a secretary in the I'VE GOT A SECRET office.
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> May we discuss this further at your earliest convenience?
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> I did not get any answer from Mark. I did not get a secretary. To dramatize the issue, I myself typed the next memo:
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> date: XXX Ferb 2, 195555
> to: Makr Goodson, biltooDMan GLI Ftem
> from: a;ejt Shermaikye
> subject: Sechrotary***we don't need 1
> i agrEE wiht you felloes that we don't need a secritery here in the IVEG OT ASE CRED offs. we canget along foNe wihtout one; IdonT mined ansring the lettrse myselfff ½ ½ aslo we will save lots of $$$$$ that weigh %%% iwill also take fone cals, openM#le;;; and mak appointems but pleas donexpectc me to gro a boss00m.
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> Resp¼@(&fuly,
> Aln Shmurnnnnnnnnn  		 	   		
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