Subj : Allen Sherman
To   : Stephen Jones
From : Gary Gilmore
Date : Tue Sep 05 2000 03:46 pm

 SJ> He had that east coast Jew style of comedy. I'm not 
 SJ> being antisemitic... 

It would sound better if you said "Jewish", which yes, his comedy did lean 
toward Jewish jokes, which he was.

 SJ> What were some of the other titles on the record?

I don't know about that record in particular, but here's some of his more 
popular titles:

12 Days of Xmas
Al 'N Yetta
Hail To Thee Fat Person
Hello Mudda, Hello Faddah
One Hippopotami
Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max
Shticks Of One And Half A Dozen Of The Other
The Rebel
The Streets Of Miami
You Went The Wrong Way Old King Louie
You're Getting To Be A Rabbit With Me
Lotsa Luck
Chim Chim Cheree
Pop Hates The Beatles
Harvey And Sheila

I had his "My Son The Folk Singer" album when I was a little kid.  Now, if you 
don't understand some of the Jewish references in the songs, the jokes will be 
lost on you.  He used to take a lot of famous songs (pop, jazz and classical) 
and put new lyrics to them.  For instance, "Harvey & Sheila" is done to 
"Havanegila" (I know, I spelled it wrong... I'm goy!), "You're Getting To Be A 
Rabbit With Me" is "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me", and so on.

I've collected some of his stuff again (MP3's), and some is still funny, or at 
least humorous, some hasn't held up well against time.   Some of the stuff, 
well, you have to have been growing up in the 60's to understand the frame of 
mind that they're set against.

You can go to either www.allmusic.com and search on "Allan Sherman" for album 
info.

I believe only two of his albums are still in print, "My Son The Nut", and "The 
Best Of".

--gary

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