SLASH
OTTER's
curious
Keywords
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Well Slash, what's
today's curious Keyword?
Cancelled.
Uh Oh.
No worries. Nothing gets cancelled on bitstrips
Quick cancelled Fact:
in 1969 the risque ABC sketch comedy 'turn on' (a clone of 'laugh-in' created by that show's producers) was cancelled after the first episode and the cleveland and denver markets did not even return to the show after the first commercial break.
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in 1954 the Struggling
DuMONT network revived an old
Vaudville act called Philo &
Yogurt, starring Comedian Philo
gurt, and his brother
'little joe' Gurt. The act always
ended with a pie fight.
How fat
is your wife?
let's just say we
didn't start out living
in a basement apartment!
philo gurt's comedy pie was
highly anticipated for the 1954
season and was to air wednesdays
at 7:30
'comedy pie' was a variety show
with comedy skits, music, and every episode was to feature a special guest star.
the second week guest starred roscoe karns, the star of dumont's rocky king, inside detective. The episode ended with the customary pie fight...
lemme
havvit!
you asked
for it
brudda!
...Not Getting a cream pie, as he expected, Karns was furious, as were dumont executives who didn't appreciate one of their stars being treated in such a manner. 'comedy pie' was cancelled after only two episodes.
joey, what kind of pie
was that?
Shepherd's.
the dumont network
would be gone
forever in less than
two years
Philo died penniless in 1962, disgraced,
and little joe would live until 1974,
reinventing himself as a director of
exploitation films like 'fangs of bigfoot'.
it's a fact!
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Oh maan, I didn't know dat! Thanks fr da edumacation
Jul 30, '08
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