[Ads-l] Career Stages: "Who is X?" - "Get me X!" - "Get me an X type" -"Get me a young X" - "Who is X?"

[dave@wilton.net]

Mad's "Rise and Fall of a Recording Star" (Patti Blousen) is in the issue 79, June 1963.
 
The pages can be seen at: [ https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-rise-fall-of-a-recording-star.885424/ ]( https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-rise-fall-of-a-recording-star.885424/ ) 
 
 
 
 
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On   Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:26:43 -0500   ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:<quote>Subject: Career Stages: "Who is X?" - "Get me X!" - "Get me an X type" -"Get me a young X" - "Who is X?"
The template in the subject line humorously represents the career
trajectory of an actor. I created a QI article exploring this template
back in 2012.

Now, correspondent Brian Chapman has sent me an earlier citation:

[ref] 1960 September 16, San Francisco Chronicle, Herb Caen: Footnote,
Section 2, Quote Page 19, Column 1, San Francisco, California.
(GenealogyBank) [/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
Tige Andrews, the memorable mime of "Threepenny Opera," outlines the
five stages of an actor's life: "Who is Tige Andrews?" - "Get me Tige
Andrews!" - "Get me a Tige Andrews type" -"Get me a young Tige
Andrews" - "Who is Tige Andrews?"
[End excerpt]

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Quote Origin: The Five Stages of an Actor’s Career
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/12/actors-career/

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If memory serves, in 1960 (plus or minus a year) MAD magazine ran a piece on the rise and fall of a pop singer named "Patti" (I don't remember Patti's last name).
The piece consisted of record jackets.  The first jacket showed a chorale with a singer named Patti in it.  The following jackets showed the chorale with Patti getting increasing space on the jacket.  Then there was a jacket reading "The Incredible Boice of Patti".  Climaxing the series was a jacket showing Patti's face with the name "Patti" over it.  Then there was a jacket saying "A Patti sampler" followed by at least one jacket showing Patti going back into being only a member of the chorale.

James Landau
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