Word: skits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That Silly Morgan celebrated his marriage by making his stage debut in a vaudeville skit written for him by a friend. His brother, finding that Wuppermann lacked marquee appeal, had taken the name of Morgan. Frank adopted it, too, and in 15 years built it into a Broadway asset (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Rosalie, The Band Wagon, etc.). In the early '30s he went to Hollywood for keeps...
Milton Saul the Moss Hart among many wrote and acted in the seventh platoon skit which had them in the aisles. He was given the highest tribute when on of his gags (the overcoat one) was widely quoted...
...work of Jack Reichart in a master of ceremonies capacity was one of the more professional contributions of the evening, and H. F. Donaldson's piano renditions as a warmer-upper were really good. The squirrelly skit by C. E. Weilepp, C. J. Patterson and J. L. Vlahos was a gem in itself, and appreciated as such...
Walter Ollen, chairman of the affair, promises a skit by each platoon, good chow, plenty of suds, entertainment by Baker members of the NTS Swing Band and if Buzzie Buskirk, Chet Travelstead, Merv Lysing, Pete Francati, Frank Davis, and Jim Oliver give out the way they did in the Yard the other night... it will be a whopping success...
With the presentation of a musical skit that is said to have rivaled anything over staged in the Hasty Pudding Club, Company D held its second smoker on July...