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

[David Lennick]

Finkel is the only one on that album who's still living, I believe.

dl

On 12/9/2011 1:41 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> Do you have any? There were only two sides that I know of, which were featured on the 12" Jubilee compilation LP "More Folk Songs" - issued in 1964 to capitalize on his "Hello Muddah" fame. There were only two Sherman songs on it "Jake's Song" and "A Satchel&  a Seck." Were there more? The only other thing of interest on that record was Fyvush Finkel's shameless appropriation of Victor Borge with "Yiddish Punctuation."
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>> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:23:15 -0500
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] from Allan Sherman's "A Gift of Laughter"
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>> That still breaks me up. And Allan did make 78s (for Jubilee).
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>> dl
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>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> May we discuss this further at your earliest convenience?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Resp¼@(&fuly,
>>> Aln Shmurnnnnnnnnn
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