Word: goodman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were played. Supported by another refugee from the mothballs, Phil Napolean, a cornetist who used to tootle feebly with Miff Mole and the rest of the Memphis Five, Tony whistles, sings and hums through a comb wrapped in tissue paper throughout both sides. Napolean--unlike King Oliver, the Benny Goodman band and fresh mackerel--has actually improved with age. There's nothing flashy about his playing, but its good steady LaRocco stuff...
Victor Borge (Mon. 9:30 p.m., NBC). Start of a new series, with Benny Goodman & orchestra...
Maestro Benny Goodman, the daddy of big band swing, summed up the plight of his fellow noisemakers: "The trouble is that they just play too damn loud. A guy who is good doesn't have to worry about trends...
...fall register so far there were only two new arrivals worth cooing over. Dinah Shore would be back, and with her the new comic, Peter Lind Hayes (TIME, June 24). And Victor Borge, a sort of Scandinavian Alec Templeton, would share billing with Benny Goodman...
...Benny Goodman Show (Mon. 9:30 p.m., NBC). The Stuyvesant String Quartet joins Goodman in a new quintet for clarinet and strings...