Subj : Re: Characters
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun Sep 20 2020 14:09:00

Joe,

 >   The deal with Mel Blanc (Si, Sue, Cy, So, etc.) and Jack Benny was
 > classic.

 JM>   No matter how many times that skit was done Jack would break up.  And
 JM> Mel remained stone faced.  :)

  Another time, Mel was doing "the electronic organ" with his hands, and
the other sound effects. The audience was roaring in non-stop laughter,
and Jack's lips were quivering, as he fought for all he was worth to keep
from laughing. I saw that one on YouTube a long time ago, but can't find
it. 

  Lately, on YouTube, I've been watching a few videos from Operation
Lifesaver Canada, showing the folly for trying to beat a train to a
railroad crossing, going around the gate, not looking both ways before
crossing the tracks, etc.

  However, more of the "watching" has been soldiers coming back to
their families after deployment (for the holidays or permanently),
or to their girlfriends, to propose to them. Even though I have no
plans to remarry, just watching that, it's so precious, and you end
up bawling.

 JM>   I knew a guy, long gone, who was a double for Blanc.  Could've been
 JM> brothers.

  Wow. Some other YouTube videos I saw were:

1) Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants safety speeches. Two of them
were before takeoff, and one was after landing...the latter one had the
employee doing Looney Tunes characters. 

2) At a wedding reception, the best man was making comments, and he
incorporated Looney Tunes characters into it.

  In all cases, everyone was roaring in laughter...and it was all CLEAN.

Daryl

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