Posted on 05/15/2016 10:12:48 AM PDT by EveningStar
Julius La Rosa, a pop singer known for hits including "Eh, Cumpari," whose firing live on the air by Arthur Godfrey in 1953 overshadowed his successes that followed, has died at age 86.
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Discovered by back then i suppose meant owned/controlled??
May still?
Being a young Tyke, AG was seldom remembered; however STILL to this day remember the firing of the singer and the talk it created. AG didn’t last long after that. In that era, Tennessee Ernie Ford show and Art Linkletter show were watched a good deal more than AG
I never understood what appeal Godfrey had.
Of course I don’t understand what appeal Obama had.
Or many others.
He can’t sing.
Terrible excuse for ‘singing.’
Being more popular than your boss is never a good career move.
Still all in all Godfrey was very, very popular at the time until his firing La Rosa.
I liked The Nairobi Trio on The Ernie Kovacs show.
True. But. It is an interesting “novelty song”.
All I can remember is that Godfrey touted chicken soup - lipton’s - I think.
My mother called it “Arthur Godfrey soup” when she made it. I don’t think you had to do much more than boil water and mix it..
Obama’s appeal? Skin color.
RIP.
That was the beginning of the end for Godfrey.
RIP Julie.
I thought it was his purple lips.
My memories of television only go back to late 1958-early 1959, and Godfrey was still around but I never paid attention to him, and I am pretty sure my parents didn't care for him much. I do, however, remember my mom regularly watching Tennessee Ernie Ford and Art Linkletter during the daytime.
The real - albeit often unintentional - entertainment during the daytime for many years was the local programming from the shoestring television operation which was the only channel that really came in clearly all the time.
Mr. niteowl77
“The Kerward Derby”.
Never knew that!
When I first moved to Hollywood circa 1980, I remember well driving by Jay Ward productions on Sunset Blvd and thinking “wow, that’s the co that produced Rocky & Bullwinkle”.
Of course, there were probably 3000 different situations like that...you’d see a TV show and watch the credits and in a few weeks, wandering around you’d find the offices of that company. It was like that, in some ways reminiscent of the stories told about New York City in the 1920’s. I was selling video gear, so I just used to walk up and introduce myself and give a card. I got tons of business that way and in the 6-block radius of Sunset & Vine, there was more business than ten people could hope to handle. It was a glorious time (to me) I had a great time working it.
Of course...most people would imagine a situation like that would be low hanging fruit forever. In fact...the hundreds and hundreds of businesses that were centered around Lockheed in Burbank, just over the hill...were probably responsible for *double* the amount of gear that was sold in Hollywood. All gone now.
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