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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Mike Douglas Show with guests Henry Morgan, Kaye Ballard and The Great Yonely (1964)
As a kid in Chicago in the early '60s, I remember an early-morning kid show called Susan and The Professor. Susan was a local kid actress I had a kind of crush on , and Yonely was the Professor, doing musical humor while (almost) never saying a word. It took a lot to distract Puberty-years me from Susan, but Professor Yonely was funny.
Later on, Yonely turned up on many of the prime-time variety shows, and always scored big laughs. I'll never forget Dean Martin introducing him as "Mister YO-nelly". It was winter of "68 when I heard he'd been killed in that plane crash. I really miss his funny - nobody does that sort of stuff anymore. To his offspring who posted these clips: Your Dad did good.
Thank you for preserving a mostly long-forgotten comedy genius. He was one of a kind. Like Prof. Irwin Corey, and Brother Theodore, and Ernie Kovacs. professor len hummel
As a kid in Chicago in the early '60s, I remember an early-morning kid show called Susan and The Professor. Susan was a local kid actress I had a kind of crush on , and Yonely was the Professor, doing musical humor while (almost) never saying a word.
ReplyDeleteIt took a lot to distract Puberty-years me from Susan, but Professor Yonely was funny.
Later on, Yonely turned up on many of the prime-time variety shows, and always scored big laughs.
I'll never forget Dean Martin introducing him as "Mister YO-nelly".
It was winter of "68 when I heard he'd been killed in that plane crash.
I really miss his funny - nobody does that sort of stuff anymore.
To his offspring who posted these clips:
Your Dad did good.
Thank you for preserving a mostly long-forgotten comedy genius. He was one of a kind. Like Prof. Irwin Corey, and Brother Theodore, and Ernie Kovacs.
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If you watch both videos you will see what a brilliant comedian and entertainer this guy was. Tremendous, unique talent.(!)
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