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   Joe,   
      
    JM>    I was watching a comedy clip of a show from around 1960.  The owner   
    JM> of a company was being interviewed and one of the questions was the   
    JM> qualifications one needed to work for them.   
    JM>    He replied "not knowing what the minimal wage law is".   
    JM>    I thought of my company immediately.  :)   
      
     They should've had a picture of Jack Benny on the wall.    
      
    JM>    He would occasionally misspeak as himself, but never as Charlie or   
    JM> Mortimer.  And Charlie was always quick to point out Bergen's mistake.   
      
     No doubt that was intentional.   
      
    JM>   Fred had a 10 year-old violin player on his semi-variety show and   
    JM> made a crack that a certain violinist on another show should hang his   
    JM> head in shame for calling himself a musician.   
    JM>   That started it and the next Sunday Jack replied, then Fred replied   
    JM> to Jack's response, and the rest is history.   
      
     And, of course, the audience ate it up.   
      
    JM>    All network shows were live, often done twice.  First for the east   
    JM> coast and three hours later for the west coast.  If a show was from LA   
    JM> it was often done only once.  So Jack's 7 p.m. show was heard live at 4   
    JM> p.m. when it was 7 in the eastern time zone.   
      
     That explains when they said "9pm Eastern and Pacific Time".   
      
    JM>   Recording programs was expensive.   
      
     Sounds like it.   
      
    JM>   The audience didn't see "the closet" until it was time.  It was   
    JM> hidden away.  And the sound man had to be very careful everything   
    JM> didn't come crashing down from the step ladder until its time.   
    JM>    There as all sorts of stuff he pushed onto the stage much to the   
    JM> delight of those listening.   
      
     I think my room is starting to resemble the closet. :P   
      
    JM>   "Tain't funny, McGee" Molly would say.   
      
     That's the one.   
      
    JM>    Told you probably more than you cared to know.  :)   
      
     It makes for good trivial pursuit.    
      
    JM>    One time at a meeting I was in this fella asked another a question   
    JM> and the other fella went on a long involved answer.  When he finished   
    JM> the first guy sighed and said "I'm sorry I asked" and everyone in the   
    JM> room broke up.   
      
     I've done the same...but one time, when I asked why they call plugs and   
   connections "male and female"...I was so embarrassed afterwards. :P   
      
   Daryl   
      
      
   ... Bad Day: Your wife says "Good Morning, Bill", and your name is George.   
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