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Eldergays, tell me about Danny Thomas.

How'd he make it? He doesn't seem that funny to me.

by Anonymousreply 10January 7, 2019 1:03 AM

See, he had this thing about coffee tables...

by Anonymousreply 1January 6, 2019 11:16 PM

He was a lesbian, don't tell Rose.

by Anonymousreply 2January 6, 2019 11:20 PM

He founded St Judes Hospital. Respect.

by Anonymousreply 3January 6, 2019 11:44 PM

His sitcom, "Make Room for Daddy," later renamed "The Danny Thomas Show," had a very long run, from 1953 to 1964. It was no worse than any number of other family sitcoms of the era. One episode introduced Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, in a sort of back-door pilot. There was an effort to reboot the series in 1970 as "Make Room for Granddaddy," but it didn't last.

by Anonymousreply 4January 6, 2019 11:52 PM

We had a LOT in common!

by Anonymousreply 5January 7, 2019 12:31 AM

There was a very funny episode of "The Lucy/Desi Comedy Hour" (the one-hour specials that the I Love Lucy cast did when ILL ended) where the cast of I Love Lucy met the cast of Make Room For Daddy. Danny versus Lucy was hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 6January 7, 2019 12:40 AM

Danny Thomas did a lounge act in an old Jack Benny show skit and he seemed pretty good at it.

by Anonymousreply 7January 7, 2019 12:44 AM

Thomas also starred in the first remake of "The Jazz Singer," co-starring Peggy Lee. The second remake, of course, starred Neil Diamond Lucie Arnaz. With Laurence "I heff no son!" Olivier as Diamond's father.

by Anonymousreply 8January 7, 2019 12:59 AM

^^Neil Diamon and Lucie Arnaz. There was no performer named Neil Diamond Lucie Arnaz.

by Anonymousreply 9January 7, 2019 1:01 AM

^^Diamond.

by Anonymousreply 10January 7, 2019 1:03 AM
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