Context.I will never, as long as I live, forget summoning Frank Nelson. He was sitting in the recording studio's lobby, absently paging through a magazine older than he was, surrounded by young actors who didn't know who he was. I stepped into the lobby and said, "Mr. Nelson?"
And he turned towards me — so help me — and went, "Yessssss?" Just like on the Benny show.
I broke into laughter and the other auditioners — the younger actors sitting in chairs around him — suddenly recognized him and they all broke into applause. I have never seen another actor get applause from his peers in the waiting room.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Annals Of Funny
Mark Evanier, an invaluable ('Cause it's free!!) source for lazy us, has linked (& now we have) to a piece he did on one of our & his comedic heroes, Frank Nelson.
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That was a fine story. Thanks.
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But you didn't like the animated radio? Clever, at least.