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Conventions gossip and Hollywood chatter across miles
A string of comic vignettes and celebrity chatter spans Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Hollywood. Notes on Dewey and Ballot humor mix with Hoagy Carmichael tales, Red Skelton phone quirks, and Broadway and TV news from Tamarack Lodge to Beverly Hills.
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Philadelphia
Philly
Ben Franklin
William Penn
Toots Shor
Hollywood
Red Skelton
Senator Art
Case
Frank Palumbo
Dewey
Devil
Chicago
St. Louisan
Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
Red
Wisex
Edna Borzage
Bis Pass
L. B. Mayer
Mayer
Edna
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy
University of Indiana
Texas