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Who's Smilin' Jack Smith? I forgot about Jan Murray. The quality of celebs dying has been really lacking this year.

77 posted on 07/10/2006 5:30:08 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)

80 posted on 07/10/2006 5:33:46 PM PDT by Rte66

Smilin' Jack Smith was the last (thank God!) host of the original You Asked For It, a textbook example of the warning about being careful what you ask for. Or, in a non-political sense, answering H.L. Mencken's warning about the common people knowing what they want and deserving to get it, good and hard.

Jan Murray was actually a funny fellow. His career as a game show host (Treasure Hunt, Charge Account) didn't exactly do him justice. Earlier, he'd done a couple of turns on one of the last of the classic radio shows, Tallulah Bankhead's The Big Show, and he was marvelous.

91 posted on 07/10/2006 5:52:04 PM PDT by BluesDuke (My schizophrenic career has made my life no bed of neuroses.---Goodman Ace.)

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