[78-L] Mr. Tibbits

[David Lennick]

That oughta settle it..surprised at the yiddishism except from the mouth of Mr. 
Cantor. Otherwise the phrase was restricted to card players and members of the 
Tribe.

dl

On 6/23/2014 11:51 AM, David Pierce wrote:
>
> In the 1930 film version of Whoopee (here<http://youtu.be/D-EXfxLitAo?t=1m>
> on youtube),
> Eddie Cantor sings the lyric
> "My baby don't care for Laurence Tibbett.
> She'd rather have me around to kibbitz."
>
> David Pierce
> Media History Digital Library
> http://mediahistoryproject.org/
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Ron L'Herault<
> lherault at verizon.net.invalid>  wrote:
>
>>
>> Does anyone know off the top of their heads who "Mr. Tibbits", as mentioned
>> in the lyrics to "My Baby Just Cares For Me" might be?   Also mentioned in
>> the second chorus are Dick Tracy, Bing, Roy Rogers and Clark Gable.  Was RR
>> well known in the early 30s or are these names a later addition?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron L
>>