Sixties and Oldies (fwd)

[Brian Siano]

Forwarded message:
> From: <LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu>
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 11:11:06 -0600 (CST)

> Brian Siano writes:
> "There's a book by Drew and Josh Alan Friedman titled _Any        
> Resemblance to Persons living of Dead is Strictly Coincidental_, and
> much of their work focused (at the time) on old vaudeville comedians
> whose careers extended into the early television era. One of the two
> 
> This is a valid point--and one that's overlooked too often, but do the
> Friedman'
> s say anything about *radio*, which really started the process? 
> 
> Some vaudeville performers and routines made their way into film, usually
> via radio.  And when you consider some of our favorite cartel interlocks,
> it's no wonder--eg., the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, which was tied
> to NBC (and hence RCA) via the RKO studios.  U.S.W.
> 
	I should have been clearer. The Friedmans are cartoionists who
do viciously funny comics of old vaudeville and TV personalities. Drew
Friedman's the artist, and you may have seen his "Private Lives"
scenes in _Spy_. I was citing one of the forewords in tgheir first
collection.



Brian Siano - siano at cceb.med.upenn.edu