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   Joe,   
      
    >   I thought Jimmy Durante said "I've got a million of 'em".   
      
    JM>   Berle stole that line from Durante.  :)   
      
     [Paul Harvey voice] "And now, you know...the rest of the story".    
      
    JM>   Berle, who was kidded about stealing other peoples jokes.  He was   
    JM> sometimes called "The Thief of Bad Gags".   
      
     I guess he was like Jack Benny, and was too cheap to pay his writers.    
      
    JM>   But I think it was Berle who had a vast library of jokes, all in   
    JM> topical and alphabetical order on index cards.  Of course most   
    JM> comedians, or their writers, had those.   
      
     It's hard to remember them all.   
      
    JM>   Fred Allen said that Jack Benny was unable to ad lib a belch.  One   
    JM> time appearing on Fred's show Fred was giving him a rough time and Jack   
    JM> replied "You wouldn't say that to me if by writers were around".  :)   
      
     That's pretty bad. But, Jack is still 39.    
      
    JM>   I loved their "feud".  In real life they were good friends.   
      
     It sounded that way between Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and W.C.    
   Fields.   
      
    JM>   I've been listening to their programs back to back each week and the   
    JM> jokes were funnier when Benny was on Sunday and Allen on Wednesday to   
    JM> hear what they would say about the other each week.   
      
     Did they ever appear on stage together??   
      
    JM>   When Allen was moved to Sunday following Benny's show Fred could get   
    JM> in a crack but it would be a week before Jack could reply.   
      
     I think back then, most of the shows were done "live". Now, all of them   
   (except the newscasts) are pre-recorded...although the stories in the   
   newscasts are pre-recorded.   
      
    JM>   Almost all of Jack's radio programs were saved (he started having his   
    JM> show transcribed, at his expense, early in his radio career).   
    JM>   Allen's shows are often hit and miss.  Many recordings were made, but   
    JM> many also lost over the years.   
      
     Interesting.   
      
     I was trying to think who had the cluttered closet, but I want to say it   
   was Fibber McGee. When the door opened, there was this huge cacophony of   
   sounds of things collapsing, falling out, etc. -- with a foghorn at the end.   
   Then, when he made a comment, it was "Not funny, McGee".    
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Elusikey: The key that is invariably lost in the bottom of a purse.   
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