tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post5608556453493981953..comments2023-06-05T05:14:02.139-04:00Comments on = VITAPHONE VARIETIES =: After the ShowJeff Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-39553373166241652242006-12-28T08:18:00.000-05:002006-12-28T08:18:00.000-05:00Thank >youThank >you<, Sir!<br /><br />Although I can't admit I was aware of Garner's connection to Ted Healey (and the Stooges) until writing this piece, it was one of those little nuggets I felt best to omit --- if only because of the somber mood of the subject. I'm therefore rather glad you chose to mention it! If nothing else, it serves to prove that so much of the familiar entertainment history usually focused upon is, invariably, intertwined with the shadowy corners of the early sound era. <br /><br />Thanks much for writing!<br /><br />JeffJeff Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-81054220490399918692006-12-28T00:37:00.000-05:002006-12-28T00:37:00.000-05:00Jeff-
Ben checking the 'Varieties' out for over a ...Jeff-<br />Ben checking the 'Varieties' out for over a month...great work! You have a marvelous style of writing that fits perfectly with the subject matter. And, of course, you know the facts backwards & forwards. <br />on Paul Garner...the name rang a bell with me, so I checked IMdB. As I thought I recalled, Paul "Mousie" Garner was a Vaudevillian who, when Howard, Fine, & Howard left Ted Healey & His Stooges to form their own act (The Three Stooges, as they will forever be known), Mousie Garner was one of the three guys Healey hired to replace them. Garner worked as a solo & with various others (under such names as "The Gentlemaniacs") for many years &, with Moe Howard's permission, toured with Joe DeRita & another guy as "The Three Stooges" during the Sixties & Seventies. Amazingly, Paul "Mousie" Garner performed into his Nineties, and died in 2004.<br />And the earliest entry for him in the IMdB listing IS "After the Show"!<br />Again, wonderful work Sir, & I'll be watching to see what the New Year will bring!<br />Love & Peace, ClarenceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270026765498412557noreply@blogger.com