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Word: flippen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...prove his point that there is a bit of minstrelsy in every man, Producer Mort Lewis (If I Had The Chance) got Cartoonist Ham Fisher (Joe Palooka} and Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg as regular endmen, Actor Ezra Stone and Announcer Harry von Zell as extras, Jay C. Flippen as interlocutor. Celebrity Minstrels opened with Oh, Dem Golden Slippers, got in tune with There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, closed with Waiting for the Robert E. Lee. Sample chestnut: "Great Scott, your uncle yelled 'Down with the Irish!' at the St. Patrick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Spring Shows | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

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