Second-hand Second Hand Rose

[Dennis R. Preston]

Right on,  Roger. I'd say "Plunk your magic twanger," but it sounds a
little off-color today.

dInIs (who liked the clatter in Fibber's closet best of all)

>I remember The Baby Snooks and Daddy show too; listened to it often when I
>was a boy, sometimes with my radio under the covers so that my parents
>would think I was asleep after my bedtime. Older people (like me) have
>told me that they played the same trick on their parents. Oh, the
>wonderful days of entertainment radio! Fanny Brice, Great Gildersleeve,
>Fibber McGee and Molly, The Green Hornet, Lone Ranger, I Love a Mystery,
>and other programs were wonderful then.
>Roger Shuy
>
>On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Grant Barrett wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, March 4, 2000, Mike Salovesh <t20mxs1 at CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU> wrote:
>> >Mike Salovesh wrote:
>> >
>> >> Of course, I come by my knowledge of the 1920s second-hand myself.  I'm
>> >> a 1930s Depression baby.  The first thing that comes to my mind when I
>> >> hear Fanny Brice's name is the voice of the little girl on the Great
>> >> Guildersleeve radio show.
>> >
>> >Ooops!  Well, I blew that one.  I meant "Fibber McGee and Molly", not
>> >the "Great Guildersleeve", when I said that Fanny Brice's voice was
>> >regularly featured on a weekly radio show.
>> >
>>
>> Jim and Marian Jordan played the title roles in "Fibber McGee and Molly"
>>in which
>> there was also a character called "Little Girl." She was voiced by
>>Marian who always
>> left the room, if you'll notice, before Little Girl took the mic, Mike.
>>Guildersleeve
>> was a character on the show and went on to have a spin-off.
>>
>> Fanny Brice played Baby Snooks on a separate program called "Baby Snooks
>>and Daddy."
>>
>>
>> All subject to the laws of If I Remember Correctly, of course.
>>
>> --
>> Grant Barrett
>> gbarrett at americandialect.org
>>


Dennis R. Preston
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