tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post8983446861807540435..comments2024-03-20T19:06:59.758-07:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Frankie Ray - Part TwoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-62018761120194487092014-10-18T09:18:13.180-07:002014-10-18T09:18:13.180-07:00yet Bob Hope did an overt joke about the 1967 Silv...<i>yet Bob Hope did an overt joke about the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse on one of his NBC special monologues just days after the event. Referring to surplus steel, Hope mentioned he knew where he could get some "Since that bridge in Ohio isn't using it anymore." Boffo yocks ensued from the sweetened studio audience.</i><br /><br />Steve Allen was onstage joking about the Andrea Doria. An old man actually jumped onstage from the audience and scolded him: "People actually died!" Allen, in his arrogance, just didn't get it. He thought he could get away with joking about anything, because... comedy!<br /><br />Lenny was not as offensive as the so-called straight comics, because he saved his mockery for those in power. He usually punched up, not down.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-87146452234328478782014-10-17T14:19:19.344-07:002014-10-17T14:19:19.344-07:00Shecky was in trouble with Sullivan for something ...Shecky was in trouble with Sullivan for something that he wasn't directly referring to yet Bob Hope did an overt joke about the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse on one of his NBC special monologues just days after the event. Referring to surplus steel, Hope mentioned he knew where he could get some "Since that bridge in Ohio isn't using it anymore." Boffo yocks ensued from the sweetened studio audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-22951019595517493252014-10-17T13:22:52.003-07:002014-10-17T13:22:52.003-07:00Yes, that was the reason. Shecky talks about it on...Yes, that was the reason. Shecky talks about it on one of the several SULLIVAN retrospective compilations. Keith ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-45275084709211995672014-10-17T11:24:05.971-07:002014-10-17T11:24:05.971-07:00That might be a reference to the night Shecky did ...That might be a reference to the night Shecky did a routine about a mine cave-in, not knowing a real cave-in had happened earlier in the evening in Canada, I believe. Ed thought Shecky was making fun of the real thing.Kevin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14096763369719767861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-6954721034443491452014-10-17T08:50:22.594-07:002014-10-17T08:50:22.594-07:00"There's another guy you should talk to....."There's another guy you should talk to... ah, no... nevermind... he's dead"<br /><br />The perfect summary as to the importance of these interviews. Thanks for all of your hard work.<br /><br />I wonder what Shecky did to get Sullivan mad.mackdaddygnoreply@blogger.com