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Re: [ARSCLIST] blooper samples?
I don't why my post of half an hour ago hasn't surfaced on this list yet, but I'll try again:
The Uncle Don recording on the Kermit Schaefer album described here is is a staging of something that never happened:
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/radio/uncledon.asp
There are many actual bloopers on the Schaefer albums, but this one was a staging of an urban legend about Uncle Don (and other kiddie show hosts).
Matthew Barton
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>>> "Steven Smith, King of the House, Inc." <kingofthehouse@xxxxxxxxxxx> 08/15/07 2:14 PM >>>
One thing. I am pretty sure that, despite the hype, some of the recordings
on the album were "re-created". Some of the famous ones were authentic, but
I think Kermit took a few liberties here. If I still have it, I will dig out
the album and look.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Levinson" <aaron.levinson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] blooper samples?
> The record you mention was compiled by Kermit Schaeffer and was called,
> I think, Best Of The Bloopers. These collections were quite popular in
> their time. I think these may have been mail order products advertised
> on UHF stations but my memory may be faulty in this regard. I recall all
> those bloopers too...to my pre-adolescent sensibility these uncensored
> moments were quite hilarious.
>
> AA
>
>
> Steven Smith, King of the House, Inc. wrote:
> > Geesh,
> >
> > I might have a record like that somewhere. In the 60's such albums were
> > popular. The most famous ones were an announcer introducing Herbert
Hoover
> > as, something like "Heepert Hoober". There was Uncle Don, a kids
performer.
> > He did a show and said something, thinking he was off mike, like; "that
> > ought to hold the little bastards." There was another of a sports
caster,
> > really into the game, who sees a running play and screams: "look at that
S-N
> > of a Bi-ch run."
> >
> > Steve
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Erard" <michael.erard@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:54 AM
> > Subject: [ARSCLIST] blooper samples?
> >
> >
> >
> >> I am going to be interviewed by the NPR radio show "On the Media," and
> >> today the producer surprised me with a request for recorded "bloopers"
> >> of note -- the first time X, the biggest X, the most famous X, that
sort
> >> of thing. I already have Edison's "Around the world on the phonograph"
> >>
> > file.
> >
> >> If anyone has other sound file examples to pass along, I'd appreciate
> >> it. This is a rush request. I apologize for that, but the producer just
> >> asked for illustrations.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Michael
> >> --
> >> Michael Erard
> >> home/office: 1 512 419 1274
> >> mobile: 1 512 940 8012
> >> www.michaelerard.com <http://www.michaelerard.com> ++ www.umthebook.com
> >> <http://www.umthebook.com>
> >>
> >
> >