tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post2845474238872111062..comments2024-03-20T19:06:59.758-07:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Dick Curtis - Part SixUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-63920712262018317682015-09-01T20:53:36.088-07:002015-09-01T20:53:36.088-07:00Bobby Pinkus was also known as Peter James. He wa...Bobby Pinkus was also known as Peter James. He was with Spike Jones off and on from 1952 until Spike's death in 1964.<br /><br />Another member of the Gentelmaniacs was Mousie Garner, who also toured with the Spike Jones band, from 1955 to around 1958.<br /><br /><br />Ted Heringnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-59061008174698429452015-07-18T16:45:57.887-07:002015-07-18T16:45:57.887-07:00Buddy Lewis, at least before he was part of a team...Buddy Lewis, at least before he was part of a team, was a well-known comic impressionist who could do excellent facial and bodily lookalikes...Jolson, Durante...he can be seen doing part of his act in a nice little B-crime movie starring Brian Keith, CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL (1957). His character is a nightclub entertainer who does mimicry and is named Kerry Jordan(!). Actually Will Jordan told me that Lewis even wrote a book about how to do impressions. I'll have to check the details of that next time I speak with him. Keith ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-80107502016299804582015-07-18T10:16:44.421-07:002015-07-18T10:16:44.421-07:00Wondering if the small club he mentioned in Cincin...Wondering if the small club he mentioned in Cincinnati might have been the Living Room? The Dee Felice Trio were in residence there for years. They were a favorite of James Brown and played on some of his records. Later on, in the late sixties, they were the house band on Nick Clooney's TV show. Dee Felice later opened and ran a cajun restaurant locally that has long outlasted his death.<br /><br />Or maybe that wasn't them Dick meant.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-11900111291469785522015-07-18T07:33:20.643-07:002015-07-18T07:33:20.643-07:00Mike Caldwell was a comedy magician.Mike Caldwell was a comedy magician.Jeff 68https://www.blogger.com/profile/00809619931250585917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-736307640321209692015-07-18T05:48:06.950-07:002015-07-18T05:48:06.950-07:00Great stuff. Great exit line!Great stuff. Great exit line!KING OF JAZZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200780538546507679noreply@blogger.com