Word: kronkheit
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...vaudeville to television, where they enjoyed a late resurgence as performers on the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s; in Englewood, N.J. Smith and Charlie Dale joined forces in 1898, building their enduring appeal on a series of broad, boisterous sketches like "Hungarian Rhapsody" and the classic "Dr. Kronkheit" ("Doctor, how much is it a visit?" "Ten dollars the first visit, five dollars thereafter." "Here I am again!"). The pair, who continued to work together until Dale's death in 1971, partly inspired the Neil Simon play and film The Sunshine Boys, which starred George Burns and Walter Matthau...
Professor and Mrs. Pitirian Sorokin, Dean and Mrs. Payson S. Wild, and Dean and Mr. Kronkheit, of the Radcliffe Graduate School, will be the dance patrons. Music will be provided by Ken Reeves and his orchestra...
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