Re: now; 1510 (again?!)

["Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>]

But back in the mid-40s, Arquette did a five-day-a-week half-hour (maybe
only 25 minutes, following five minutes of news on the hour) radio sitcom
called Glamor Manor, in which he played the owner of a rundown hotel and his
co-star, Lurene Tuttle, played the manager. I can't remember the names of
other regular cast members, but there were some. The program ran at noon
(eastern time) on the ABC network and originated at the then KECA Los
Angeles (now KABC). I don't know whether, when it conceived of the TV sitcom
Falty Towers, the BBC had ever heard of Glamor (or Glamour) Manor, but both
shows seem to have been built on the same premise.

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
eFax 707-215-6367

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Chonak <rac@gabrielmass.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: now; 1510 (again?!)


> A. Joseph Ross wrote:
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> > That reminds me of a comic, I believe on the old Jack Paar Tonight Show,
whose real name
> > escapes me, but he played a character called Charlie Weaver.  He would
read letters from
> > his mother back in Mount Idy, who described the local goings-on.
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> If I remember aright, "Charley Weaver" was the character of Cliff
Arquette.
> His longest-running gig was on _The Hollywood Squares_.
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