"Smile, Luigi!"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Brewer has jogged a truly dormant memory.

I now remember - just barely - Naish starring on the TV version of that
show. I can hear him saying, "Loo-eeeee-ji," as it sounded to me at the
time.

It must have been one of the first TV shows I ever saw (Dec., 1953).

JL


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 11:04 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Possible lead:  <<Life with Luigi>> CBS comedy radio show 1948-1953, TV
> > '52-53.
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> "Luigi, the little-a immigrant," starring J. Carrol Naish, one of my
> favorite shows, at the time.
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