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

[Michael Biel]

I think Sherman's book also discusses the Jubilee album (which I also
have).  I think he says they were demos that were not otherwise
released.  Unless dl can come up with a 78, if they were released they
were probably recorded more recently than the 78 era and might have only
been on a 45.  

I was a great fan of I've Got A Secret when I was a kid, and Leah also
fell in love with the series when it was aired on Game Show Network. 
She recorded every episode GSN aired. Sherman can be seen briefly for a
few seconds in the shot of the crew on the 5th anniversary program. 
Coincidentally, GSN is about to bring it back again this coming Monday,
I believe at 3 or 3:30 AM.  Because they are no longer airing episodes
that had been sponsored by cigarettes, the shows will all date from the
1960s which are probably all from after Alan Sherman was fired.  (By the
way Spelchek loves the Sherman letter.)

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

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Subject: Re: [78-L] from Allan Sherman's "A Gift of Laughter"
From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
Date: Fri, December 09, 2011 1:41 pm
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>


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."
 
Cary Ginell
 

> 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"
> 
> That still breaks me up. And Allan did make 78s (for Jubilee).
> 
> dl
> 
> On 12/9/2011 1:18 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >
> > Forgive the non-78 intrusion, but thought I'd post a humorous aside from my favorite autobiography, Allan Sherman's "A Gift of Laughter."
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > 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