[Dixielandjazz] Why do people love bad art?

[David Richoux]

Bob [Elliott] & Ray [Goulding] were two of the most outstanding, if  
maybe a bit strange, radio & TV comedians of the mid 20th century in  
the USA - even though a few others  of our comedians may have had  
bigger name recognition...  maybe they did not translate well to the  
Brit/Oz/Com side of humour, but I see their subtle influence on the  
whole Beyond the Fringe/Monty Python thing.

https://www.bobandray.com
> ABOUT BOB & RAY
>
> "Bob & Ray invented, dreamed up the lines for, and then played,  
> mainly on radio and television, a surrealistic Dickensian repertory  
> company, which chastens the fools of the world with hyperbole,  
> slapstick, parody, verbal nonsense, non sequitur, and sheer wit,  
> all of it clean, subtle and gentle... Bob & Ray's humor turns on  
> their faultless timing and on their infinite sense of the  
> ridiculous. It is also framed by that special sly, dry, wasteless  
> vision of life perfected during the last couple of centuries by  
> middle-class New Englanders..."
>
> -- Whitney Balliett, writing in The New Yorker.
>
>
as for Sam Ulano:

http://www.samulano.com/html/bio.html

On topic? well... I think so! ;-) I played Bob & Ray on my radio show  
many times.

Dave Richoux




On Aug 31, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> AL LEVY wrote:
>> A little late, nut, in response to:
>> Why do people love bad art?
>> ==========================
>> Who remembers Mrs. Miller
> "I do"
>>  and / or Anna Russell?
> "Yes. A magnificent performer."
>> and the infamous Sam Ulano drum solos featured on the
>> Bob and Ray show(s) "Won't you say a song?"
> "Never heard of him or them."
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>