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Show CHARLIE RICES ft Have you ever heard of these famous lost names? i a : I t "X"new and especially awful type of pun J. . is threatening the nation, and we thought we ought to warn you in case you wish to pack up and run for the hills. Serious experts on the subject agree that the puns probably started the night Mike Nichols and Elaine May discovered Dr. Presume. In their Broadway show, "An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May, they do an b scene that starts with a suggested line from the audience and ends with another suggested line. One night the end line was "Dr. Livingston, I presume. ...rtf Mike worked sketch the out to ft show that Stanley didnt go to I j l Africa to find Dr. Livingston; he went to find Dr. Presume Cnfith BoMy his full name being Dr. Livingston I. Presume. The news of Dr. Presume traveled fast. Producer Bobby Griffith promptly discovn ered a couple of patriots in the last line of "The Banner: Orlando D. Free and Homer D. Brave. His Hal Prince, promptly threatened to dissolve their partnership. ad-li- j vxi little-know- Star-Spangl- there was worse to But Hflftry Otoomoii Elaine May and Mike Nichols: They started a show business fad ... x'.tj?..-- i- -- r wrivcs: Our friend and mentor, Bennett Cerf, who can smell a pun a mile away, phoned. He said hed been talking with Wendy Barrie and discovered that she was named i BenMU Cerf after a very colorful aunt called Wendy Moon. According to Bennett, Wendy Moon was the greatest lady Alpine f climber of her time, and even today she is celebrated in the Wendy song: Moon Comes Over The Mountain. Writer Les David said hed seen Tammy Grimes recently and discovered that she was named after her up in Boston, a lady called Tammy Norton , who inspired Longfellows poem: Tammy Norton mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream. And of course Ann Sheridan had a namesake ancestor who was mentioned in a famous Civil War poem: "The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar. Telling the battle was on once more Ann Sheridan twenty miles away! Mr. David said he was leaving for a vacation in Jamaica, and we advised him to stay a week extra until the country recovered from the shock. well-know- n great-grandmoth- er L A press agent friend named Ben Washer called us and asked if we knew that Henry Fonda had a famous uncle named Hargrove Fonda. He said that Henry was much attached to his uncle, though the uncle had lived in New Zealand for 20 years and there was some evidence to believe that he was the inspiration for the saying: "Absence makes the Hargrove Fonda. ns ' LAST LAUGH A sport gets I 18 THIS WEEK Mosonn April 2, 1961 |
