[78-L] Alec Templeton...and others

[David Lennick]

Funny man. I did an hour with him in the studio when he did his show in 
Edmonton. We tried to simulate his "flying in on a rope" routine by having him 
come crashing into the studio. Before that, I think we'd phoned him to try and 
get him to identify the "Little Egypt" theme he used in the Unbegun Symphony.

I was playing his WTWP disc while driving in Los Angeles and I just about went 
off the road when I suddenly realized what the letters stood for (Wall-to-Wall 
Pachelbel).

dl

On 10/31/2012 6:47 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> I worked a gig with Peter. He is a very down to earth fellow. Also very
> clever with music. His "Quodlibet for Chamber Orchestra" is a full 4
> movement work and does not have ONE SINGLE original theme in it.
>
> He told me he keeps a book of ideas for projects like this so it only
> took him a few evenings to write the thing out.
>
> joe salerno
>
> On 10/31/2012 4:34 PM, Ted Kneebone wrote:
>> Alec Templeton was a blind pianist and
>> comedian.  Had his own radio program during
>> the 1940s, and made some 78 rpm discs.  He
>> ran competition to Victor Borge, but I think
>> his performances were less visual.  I have some
>> of his 78s as they appeared on CDs.
>>       Anna Russell was also a very funny person.
>> She distilled Wagner's Ring cycle.  "Remember
>> the Rhine Maidens?" And taught folk singing!
>>       PDQ Bach is the chronicler of the fictitious
>> composer.  If you entered one of his contests
>> you could win the complete works of Vivaldi,
>> recorded on convenient 45 rpm discs.  His
>> real name is Peter Schickele.  I especially liked
>> his show in which he broadcasted from a barn
>> in Hoople, ND -- and blew out the side of the barn.
>> His program came from the fictitious University of Southern North Dakota.
>> And there was his narration of the opening of
>> Beethoven's 5th symphony, broadcast as if it were
>> a baseball game.
>>       Ted
>> Ted Kneebone
>> 1528 S. Grant Street
>> Aberdeen, SD 57401
>> Old Time Radio catalog...
>> http://abe.midco.net/tkneebone3
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