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Thirty Dialect Man Brown Fails To Cackle Like Hen
John Brown master of 30 dialects struggles to cackle like a hen on air debut. He rose from Catskills mornings of animal sounds to guest star on Fred Allen and later joined Jack Benny and My Friend Irma. He describes himself as scrupulous, not stealing, with friends in the underworld and a Dutch treat policy for shows.
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