Tuesday, February 9, 2010

WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE WHO THEY WERE: On this date in 1964, the comedy duo of Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, along with impressionist Frank Gorshin, an unknown Davy Jones and the cast of Oliver!, Welsh singer Tessie O'Shea ... and a quartet of moptops from Liverpool who attracted most of the attention.

I so love the McCall & Brill story, available from David Segal in both WaPo and This American Life (Act 1, "Take My Break, Please") formats.

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