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...kind of fun which Ed Wynn provides does not vary much from play to play but he has a large body of followers for whom Ed Wynn, like Groucho Marx, is sufficient in himself. The personality is more important than the vehicle. In the case of "The Laugh Parade," which is small beer in its interludes of song and dance, this is especially true...
...Laugh Parade" is simply a succession of vaudeville sketches featuring Mr. Wynn or elss a specially performer to whom Mr. Wynn is an expert feeder of situations, and the before mentioned song and dance numbers. At the performance which the Playgoer attended, the audience showed its excellent judgment by reserving its enthusiastic applause for the scenes in which Ed Wynn dominates. Apart from his other talents, this comedian has an excellent reputation for his ability to build up situations for his fellow-players. Many of the specialty numbers in the "Laugh Parade" draw their chief merit from the running commentary...
...Millersburg, Ohio (pop. 2,203), Jesse Wynn, 51, and his brother William, 48, stole an old-fashioned ice box, sold it for $3. Brought before Common Pleas Judge Robert B. Putnam in the Holmes County court, they were given their choice of 30 days in jail or a public whipping of 20 lashes. They took the whipping...
...jail courtyard, fastened their hands over their heads to the jail's window bars. They wore their shirts as the lash cracked down across their backs. Sheriff Stevens puffed and panted. One whip was broken, then an other. A blacksnake whip finished the job. The Brothers Wynn, heads bent but not painfully hurt, walked away through a crowd of gaping country folk who had gone to Millersburg to witness Ohio's first public whipping in more than half a century. Questioned as to his legal authority to impose such a sentence. Judge Putnam exclaimed: "This court is determined...
When Funnyman Ed Wynn told radio listeners about the man who was denied an automobile driver's license because "he failed to stick out his hand ? with a five dollar bill," the New York Commissioner of Motor Vehicles took exception, got an apology...