ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE Who's Who in American Comedy
Writer/performer who first gained notoriety through the production of parody records (St. George & the Dragon-net); he later went into advertising. The following clip is from his parody of Elvis Presley singing "Heartbreak Hotel." (BTW: The video is of a 'record player' playing a 78rpm record which was the 'cutting edge of technology' in 1956.)
[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]
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