Fw: [Groop]OT Question for Mark

[Gary Grossmann]

I screwed up on the address of my correction of myself (Which I was hoping
to get out before someone else corrected me), thereby demonstrating the
truth of my last statement in that message.  And also proving that I would
die of starvation if I had to make a living by typing and
proofreading. -Gary G.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfam@olywa.net>
To: <Groo@groop.com>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Groop]OT Question for Mark


> I meant Eddie ANDERSON.  Sometimes I am such an idiot.....
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfam@olywa.net>
> To: <groop@groo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:57 PM
> Subject: [Groop]OT Question for Mark
>
>
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > I've been reading some of your POV articles about the great comedians
from
> > radio and TV who had already been around for 30 years when guys our age
> were
> > watching them in our living rooms as kids.  Although picking a favorite
is
> > kind of dumb, if I had to I think it would be Jack Benny.  Not just
> because
> > I found him very funny-often with just a look or mannerism-but for, as
you
> > discussed, not being afraid to let his regulars and his guests have good
> > lines and having himself be the butt of many of the jokes.  And when I
> heard
> > his old radio shows decades after they were originally on, I was amazed
> > audiences of the time accepted Eddie Robinson getting the best of him
and
> > that Benny had the nerve to let the part be written that way.
> >
> > If you've written a full article on Mr. Benny, I missed it.  Do you have
> any
> > Jack Benny stories?
> >
> > Thanks-Gary G.
> >
> >
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