Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...while my company manager and I were stranded in a railroad station near Peoria, with one hamburger between us, that the idea first occurred. Did you ever think of having a duck or a chicken or a turkey 'in your act?' the manager asked. I never had, but I could see that the idea had definite posibilities...
...first brought a duck into my net," said Joe Penner, while reclining in his dressing-room at Keith's, "back in the early days of my career, when I was touring the country in vaudeville acts, usually two jumps ahead of the hotel rent collector, which was not so bad, and the rest of the time about two laps behind him, which was not so good...
...paused to wipe away a tear. "So I named my second duck Goo-Goo, II, after the first duck, who had been named Goo-Goo I. And I signed a contract with the Association of Poultry Fanciera, agreeing that they were to provide me with plenty of ducks for my act, on condition that for thirty years I sell all the ducks I can and turn in my orders to their company. I usu- ally sell about two hundred ducks a night since I've been...
...Penner furnishes a part of the humer. Jack Oakie another part and the duck, Goo-goo, still another part. All of these parts go their merry way with only a semblance of coherence and yet the result is quite satisfactory. The inimitable Penner is as good when seen as when heard and even better when seen and heard...
Music Hath Charms (score by Rudolf Friml; Libretto by Rowland Leigh, George Rosener, John Shubert; Shuberts, producers). In operatic circles, Maria Jeritza has always been as famed for her business acumen as for her wit and charm. She had the good sense to duck out of Music Hath Charms before that mossy opus reached Manhattan...