My great grandparents, grandparents and my mom and dad told me of the charm of this program, The Jack Benny Show and a whole slew of others. I was unable to fully comprehend the appeal until 2003 when I started listening to Greg Bell's Radio Classics on XM radio. Even though there are 100-plus stations to listen to on Sirius/XM I'd say that more than 95% of the time I'm listening to Radio Classics while driving. Nothing's finer, in my opinion, than to be in the car with a destination over an hour away and to luck into the beginning of a Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar marathon.
One of the writers on the Phil & Alice show, Dick Chevillat (sounds like Chevrolet), later went on to co-write practically all the episodes of that great 1960's TV sitcom "Green Acres".
Frankie Remley was a real member of the band on Jack Benny, he WAS NOT a fictional character! They tried the real Frank Remley in a speaking role, but decided he was much better as just a member of the band, & brought Elliott Lewis in to play the part of Remley on Phil Harris & Alice Faye. The way Phil Harris & Elliott Lewis worked together made it a very successful radio show. Of course they had a very talented cast, like Gale Gordon & Walter Tetley on the radio version.
In the fall of 1952, the character of "Frankie Remley" was dropped from the show (for unknown reasons). Elliott Lewis then appeared as a fictional version of himself for the last two seasons.
Griff Barnett is "Your Rexall Family Druggist". This was the beginning of an ongoing story that lasted several weeks, with Phil and Frankie {Elliott Lewis} making guest appearances on other radio shows as well [this was done to heavily promote the show, which started to lose its audience because "THE AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW"- directly opposite Phil & Alice- on CBS, was being heard by more people who stay tuned after Jack Benny, who had moved to CBS a month before].
My great grandparents, grandparents and my mom and dad told me of the charm of this program, The Jack Benny Show and a whole slew of others. I was unable to fully comprehend the appeal until 2003 when I started listening to Greg Bell's Radio Classics on XM radio. Even though there are 100-plus stations to listen to on Sirius/XM I'd say that more than 95% of the time I'm listening to Radio Classics while driving. Nothing's finer, in my opinion, than to be in the car with a destination over an hour away and to luck into the beginning of a Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar marathon.
I loved when Julius imitates the Lucky Strike auctioneer guy at 25:35.
One of the writers on the Phil & Alice show, Dick Chevillat (sounds like Chevrolet), later went on to co-write practically all the episodes of that great 1960's TV sitcom "Green Acres".
Frankie Remley was one of the funniest characters on radio. There aren't many comedies as funny as this show.
Frankie Remley was a real member of the band on Jack Benny, he WAS NOT a fictional character! They tried the real Frank Remley in a speaking role, but decided he was much better as just a member of the band, & brought Elliott Lewis in to play the part of Remley on Phil Harris & Alice Faye.
The way Phil Harris & Elliott Lewis worked together made it a very successful radio show. Of course they had a very talented cast, like Gale Gordon & Walter Tetley on the radio version.
Yes, I worded that badly. There was indeed a real Frankie Remley, but the character on the show is a fictional version of him.
In the fall of 1952, the character of "Frankie Remley" was dropped from the show (for unknown reasons). Elliott Lewis then appeared as a fictional version of himself for the last two seasons.
I read that he was dropped here because they started using the character on the Jack Benny Show.
Griff Barnett is "Your Rexall Family Druggist". This was the beginning of an ongoing story that lasted several weeks, with Phil and Frankie {Elliott Lewis} making guest appearances on other radio shows as well [this was done to heavily promote the show, which started to lose its audience because "THE AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW"- directly opposite Phil & Alice- on CBS, was being heard by more people who stay tuned after Jack Benny, who had moved to CBS a month before].
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the real frank remley filed a law suit to stop using his name
Oooh -- way too much bass, not enough treble. Or as Frank Nelson would say..."Oooooooooh!"
The bass on this is really bad. I almost couldn't make out what they were saying.
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