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Harvey Lad FeaturedEveryone WhoAt Wigwam RoomFunny' Is in'MaNo glittering cities of abe rebuilt and destroyed fcA Harvey lad, Bobby O'Dell, is one of the featured attractions on the Wednesday-through-Sunday music schedule at Glen-wood's Wigwam Room lounge, 185th and Halsted streets.O'Dell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bytnar of 15714 Lowe avenue, is the drummer in an act which includes Eddie Warner at the organ and Miss Barb as vocalist.A 1960 graduate of Thornton Township high school, he attended Thornton junior college after a three and a half year stint with the U.S. Army’s Second division at Fort Benning,GaO'DELL started drum lessonsunder William F. Helmeke at the Calumet School of Music while still a pupil at St. John the Baptist grade school.Bobbv O'DellRiech and John Papierz. and At TTHS. he was a member participated in a variety of of a group known as “The Shan-' school-sponsored shows.tells,” which included Bob After graduation from highHUTTERSA Restaurant for I'heWhole FamilyServing Food Only—7 DaysBreakfast 7:00 a.m.—Luncheon 11:30 a m.—Dinners 5 p.m.SUNDAY DINNERS from $1.35Hxgh-Chairs Boosters jor ChildrenKitchen-FreshDONUTS EveryDAYFeaturing The SALADBUFFET16 WEST154th STREET HARVEYED 1-9411Presenting the Fabulous . . .ROBERTA KIM DUOEVERY NIGHT BUT SUNDAY 9 P.M. TILL 3 A M.TOWN COUNTRYRESTAURANT LOUNGEUnder New ManagementCALUMET EXPRESSWAY SIBLEY BLVDCALUMET CITYIwhich thousands of men and combat in it. and no volcabury whole nations, but Stanley Kramer’s hilarious comedy success “It's A Mad, Mad. Mad. Mad World. which continues this week at the Harvey Theatre, required some of the greatest production logistics in motion picture history.This, it was explained, was because this Ultra-Panavision-Technicolor United Artists release. which will be seen locally exactly as it was shown at advanced prices in record-breaking reserved seat showings, is just about the ultimate in everything.The cast for instance.“Everybody.” the management claims, “who's ever been funny is in it!”Well, who’s been funny?In alphabetical order, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy llack-ett, Ethel Merman. Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry Thomas, Jonathan Winters are the laugh provokers who star in it. Spencer Tracy, not particularly famous as aIIi1comedian, is also starred. Then,,*co-starred in alphabetical order,lt;are:Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Peter Falk, Eddie “Rochester Anderson. Jim Backus, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Alan Carney. Barrie Chase, William De-marest, Andy Devine. Norman Fell, Paul Ford. Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, Marvin Kaplan. Buster Keaton, Don Knotts. Charles McGraw, Za Su Pitts. Carl Keiner. Maldny Rhue. Arnold Stang, The Three Stooges, Jesse White and a couple of surprises which include Jimmv Durante.school, he worked with a Chi-; cago band, then joined the i Highlighters,” a polka groupWhile in service, O’Dell continued his drumming during hisoff - duty hours. His schedule permitted him to play six nights per week at clubs near the camp, but it left less than four hours per night tor sleeping, he reports.RETl RMNG from army service, O'Dell enrolled at Thornton junior college and shortly thereafter signed a ,*W-week contract at the Wigwam Roomlounge.Plans for the future, he says, include “more drums and perhaps. a return to school on afull time basis for the purpose of obtaining a degree in music
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Harvey Markham Tribune
Harvey, Illinois, US
Sun, Oct 11, 1964
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