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...pact between him and James John ("Jimmie") Walker, nimble-witted onetime mayor of New York City, by which the survivor will deliver the other's funeral oration. Showman Jessel has spoken 50 eulogies in the last 15 years. Most memorable one, over the body of Broadway Comedian Jack Osterman last June: "Mr. God, they say you've got a great big heart, so give the boy a great big hand...
Died. Jack Osterman, 37, famed ad-libbing, ad-bibbing comedian, called "The Banter King of Broadway"; of pneumonia; in Atlantic City. Once accosted by a Broadway trull with the traditional: "What are you doing tonight, honey?" cat-witted Osterman sighed: "I'm making a Gaumont film. Thank God somebody asked...
...theatrical circles, Berle is best known for his amiable inability to resist the temptation to "lift" the material of other comedians, to such an extent that a fellow comic. Jack Osterman, walking down Broadway with still a third comedian, and seeing Berle billed in front of a theatre, is supposed to have suggested, "Let's go in and catch our acts...
...addition to all this there is a dog act, one Jack Osterman whose patter is pretty dreadful, and Miss Sylvia Clark who may possibly have feelings so we just won't say anything. The good act is an acrobatic one in which one Pete Michon succeeds in throwing himself about the stage in a manner never to be equalled again, unless he comes around for a return engagement...
...chorus girls. More beautiful girls than ever. It's odd how chorus girls in Manhattan shows seem to grow better & better looking on the average. One finds delightful dancing; even a smart song here and there. A German dialect comedian called Jack Pearl is very funny; one Jack Osterman tries and tries to be funny. One finds another good revue...