[Dixielandjazz] Condon at Town Hall

[Hal Vickery]

The middle commercials on the Benny Shows were a hoot.  It cost Benny at least one or two of his early sponsors, Chevrolet in particular, because he'd always kid the sponsor and make the commercial part of a comedy bit.  Jell-o was the first sponsor to let him have his head.

Later on the Lucky Strike commercials with the Sportsmen Quartet were gems.  

BTW Benny fans have a home on the web at the web site of the International Jack Benny Fan Club.  The president, Laura Leff, is a fan of OKOM and informs me that she even has an old photograph of our own Don Ingle on display in her home.  The club's web site is at www.jackbenny.org<http://www.jackbenny.org/> .

Hal Vickery
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Ringwald<mailto:rsr at ringwald.com> 
  To: Hal Vickery<mailto:hvickery_80 at msn.com> 
  Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List<mailto:dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
  Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:54 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Condon at Town Hall


  Marek wrote:

  >I beg to disagree!
  > I have only one Town Hall double album (I'm really not interested in
  > commercials for war bonds, or news announcements about what the allies
  > had liberated at the time of the concert), but I have most of the
  > Condon gang pre-war records.  Nevertheless, Bixieland and Coast to
  > Coast Jam Session (With the Rampart St. Praders on the flip side) are
  > my favorite Condon records (I have quite a few more, including the
  > 1940's Deccas).
  >
  > Oh, and I've never been convinced that Pee Wee played badly in the
  > forties; I even protested when this was mentioned on the Mississippi
  > Rag Bulletin Board.  My ears (even though I am a BG admirer) tell me
  > that Pee Wee was great - but then, by the time I came to jazz, his
  > sound was widely accepted.
  > Cheers

  >
  Dear Marek,

  You do not reference the post that you are disagreeing with.  What is it you 
  disagree about?  The music? Or the fact of having commercials and news 
  announcements on the air checks?

  You indicate that you are not interested in commercials for war bonds and 
  "news announcements about what the allies
  > had liberated at the time."

  Of course we all have a right to have our own opinions.  To me, those 
  commercials really add a sense of history to the recordings.  Especially 
  since they were an integral part of the show.

  When listening to the old time radio dramas and comedy, it is always great 
  to be able to hear the commercials.  They were a reflection of the times. 
  often we don't hear the commercials because the only shows that were 
  preserved were the ones for Armed Forces Radio and they had the band play 
  during the time when the commercials were done.

  I especially loved the commercials on the Jack Benny shows.

  --Bob Ringwald.
  www.ringwald.com<http://www.ringwald.com/>


   


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