Tuesday, January 8, 2013

LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES - UNCLE MILTIE


I don't know how long this can last in this format, but here's our second "Two for Tuesday" of the year!

MILTON BERLE


AS SEEN IN:
'The Joey Bishop Show
["Joey And Milton And Baby Makes Three"]


'The Lucy Show'
["Lucy Meets The Berles"*]

TV STATUS:
Serlinguist & Multiversal (and legendary "swordsman")

TV DIMENSION:
Earth Prime-Time
[But also Skitlandia and the Tooniverse]

(With Ruth Berle)
From Wikipedia:
Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age.

O'BSERVATIONS:
Milton Berle was inducted into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame in May of 2003, as that year's "May Queen" (because of his willingness to dress in drag).

Here's an example:

The following list covers just the items from his TV resume in which he played himself in sitcoms and dramas. It doesn't even cover all the talk shows and variety programs he appeared on, let alone the other characters he played on TV.


  • 'The Critic' (The Tooniverse)
  • 'Amazing Stories'
  • 'The Lucy Show'
  • 'The Joey Bishop Show'
  • 'I Love Lucy'
  • 'The Fall Guy'
  • 'CHiPs'
  • 'The Muppet Show'
  • 'That Girl'
  • 'Make Room For Granddaddy'
  • 'Joey and Milton and Baby Makes Three'
  • 'Lucy Meets The Berles'
  • 'Jack Benny Program'
  • 'Make Room For Daddy'
  • 'The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour'
 

BCnU!
*Milton Berle appeared in two other episodes of 'The Lucy Show' as well - "Lucy Saves Milton Berle" and "Lucy And John Wayne"........

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