#miltonberle

40 years ago:
Smorgasbord (US)
Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to end it all with a foolproof suicide plan, he still manages to mess it up. In desperation, he goes to a psychiatrist to see if there is some way for him to end his troubles.
1983-04-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/36818
#Smorgasbord #JerryLewis #MiltonBerle #SammyDavisJr #SciFi #Movies

#MomsForLiberty like #desantis should be banned. . .or forced to read #shakespeare and the #bible and show how #woke Jesus really is

Then forced to watch #bugsbunny or #miltonberle in drag and prove they don’t think it’s hysterical

#ReadBannedBooks

Ron DeSantis’s book ban mania targets Jodi Picoult — and she hits back https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/ron-desantis-book-bans-martin-county-jodi-picoult/

For the #RightWing, #DragShowBans have never been about the children or the clothes or the #comedy.

They have always been about the cruelty.

I'm old enough to remember this. It wasn't the only time they were in drag. I can still hear #BobHope's voice in my head, complaining about how his girdle is killing him, on one of his many TV shows.

You also have:
* "Uncle Milty" #MiltonBerle, who was famous for his #drag comedy.

* #FlipWilson, who repeatedly donned a dress to play "Geraldine Jones" with hilarity.
https://youtu.be/Rb13NQbsXPk

* #DustinHoffman as #Tootsie.

* #RobinWilliams as #MrsDoubtfire.

* The entire cast of #MontyPython.

* Kids watched an animated #Mulan passing as a male and #BugsBunny in drag.

* And who can forget #HarveyKorman on "The #CarolBurnett Show", as "Mother Marcus" in "As the Stomach Churns."
https://youtu.be/O8Bwj4mZb34

#DragShows #LGBTQ #LGBTQRights #LGBTQRightsAreHumanRights #ClassicTV #TVHistory #MovieHistory #JackieGleason #GroomingChildren #DragQueens

80 years ago:
Margin for Error (US)
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
1943-02-10
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/36823
#MarginforError #JoanBennett #MiltonBerle #OttoPreminger #20thCenturyFox #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

Heard a *great* joke on an old Milton Berle Show a while back: “I’m not saying that Dewey is campaigning hard, but the other day he leaned forward and two babies fell out of his moustache.”

#elections #president #dewey #truman #politics #comedy #miltonberle

55 years ago today:
Batman
S3E18: Louie's Lethal Lilac Time
Louie the Lilac is in town, planning to corner the lilac perfume market in Gotham City. His concoction requires the glands of several animals, so he kidnaps Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson to make the extractions. With "Batman and Robin" unable to respond, Batgirl attempts a rescue, only to be captured...
Airdate: 1968-01-11
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2287/season/3/episode/18
#Batman #PercyHelton #MiltonBerle #ABC #ClassicTV #TV #tvshows

55 years ago today:
Batman
S3E18: Louie's Lethal Lilac Time
Louie the Lilac is in town, planning to corner the lilac perfume market in Gotham City. His concoction requires the glands of several animals, so he kidnaps Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson to make the extractions. With "Batman and Robin" unable to respond, Batgirl attempts a rescue, only to be captured...
Airdate: 1968-01-11
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2287/season/3/episode/18
#Batman #PercyHelton #MiltonBerle #ABC #ClassicTV #TV #tvshows

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door
#MiltonBerle