#ish kabibble

[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton at Lucille Ball’s Gay 1890s-themed birthday party (1944)

[oldshowbiz]

The most popular book at any public library

[angelamontoo]

Even more alternatively

Sorry

[bostongardenia]

bostongardenia:

Thirty-four-year-old #BirthdayBoychuk must be tickled pink, to learn that his own “#Boychday” coincides with birthdays sublime (Edgar Allan Poe; Cézanne; Alexander Woollcott; Robert Palmer), as well as ridiculous (Minnesota Fats; Desi Arnaz, Jr.; Ish Kabibble). Thomas Vanek was born on the identical date, itself.

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[fearlesshepcat]

Kay Kyser and his Orchestra "The Answer Is Love" Live Recording circa 1939

[oldshowbiz]

Before the Beatles there was Ish Kabibble?

[oldshowbiz]

Jesse White’s brother was a comedian named Sid White. Sid left his native Ohio to tour presentation houses after the demise of vaudeville. He was a close friend of Scatman Crothers who taught him how to play the drums. Sid White would tour for several years with former Kay Kyser comedian Ish Kabibble.

Sid White became a staple of Phoenix, Arizona in the 1950s. Like many comedians of his era, he mainly performed comedy in strip joints. He played the Guys & Dolls strip club in Phoenix, a joint that proudly advertised, “WE OPEN AT 6 A.M. DAILY.” 

Sid White went on to manage a handful of nightclubs mostly around Phoenix, Reno, and Casper, Wyoming. He retired from showbiz after the mid-sixties and led a quiet, happy, Arizona existence until his death in 2010.

[oldshowbiz]

After he had his legs broken by Kay Kyser