Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0240 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recording of the radio program, "The Big Show". Louis, Velma Middleton, Tommy Brookings and Nettie Hardin tell jokes. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of the radio program, "The Big Show": "Here Comes the Springtime" (comedy routine) (Judy Holliday); Track 2: commercial (w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope); Track 3: Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Davis, Judy Holliday, Fred Allen comedy routine; Track 4: "Any Town is Paris When You're Young" (Meredith Wilson Chorus and Orchestra); Track 5: station identification; Track 6: Bankhead introduces comedian, Herb Shriner; Herb Shriner comedy routine; Track 7: "Reflections in the Water" (Meredith Wilson Chorus and Orchestra); Track 8: Bankhead, Allen comedy routine. Track 9: Louis, Velma Middleton, Tommy Brookins and Nettie Hardin tell jokes at Nettie's house: Hardin talks about how Louis is a disc jockey; they joke around; Velma tells a joke about a woman and caviar; Track 10: Nettie tells a joke about President Truman; Velma refers to Louis as "The King"; Track 11: Velma tells a joke about three horses; Track 12: Nettie tells a joke about an Englishman eating unusual foods; Track 13: Tommy tells a joke about a woman nursing her baby on a train; Track 14: Nettie tells a joke about a man paying his hotel bill; Track 15: Tommy tells a joke about a lion tamer; Track 16: laughter and conversation ("drink your beer", "shake a leg", mention of Doc Pugh going out with a nurse, Louis recalls a telephone conversation for Doc Pugh, Louis asks Velma if she has tasted his beer); Track 17: Tommy tells a joke about a fight in a barbershop; Track 18: Velma starts to tell a joke, gets sidetracked, and can't remember the joke; Track 19: Tommy tells a joke about a reverend; Track 20: Lawrence Hardin tells a joke about a man and a bee; Track 21: Louis tells a joke about reverend "Brother Martin" and a mule (Velma finishes the joke); Track 22: Velma tells a story about a train ride (mentions Louis and Lucille sleeping on the train, and Barney Bigard and his wife, Dotty and her hat); Velma tells a joke about a condemned man in jail; Disc 2, Track 1: conversation about a seamstress; Louis points out that their conversation is being recorded; Track 2: [unidentified selection] (plays in the background); Track 3: Louis talks with Tommy; Louis talks to Lil Hardin Armstrong; Louis introduces all present including their cab driver; Louis says they are on their way to Chicago to play at the Blue Note, and that they will see Lil; Track 4: Nettie says hello to Lil; Track 5: Velma talks about telling dirty jokes; Track 6: Louis tells a joke about a girl losing her virginity; Track 7: Lawrence says hello to Lil; Nettie talks about Tommy Brookings; Track 8: Tommy says hello to Lil, and says he should be leaving; Track 9: cab driver says hello to Lil, and says that he has been invited in to have some drinks and a sandwich with Louis and his friends; Louis says hello to Lil, and mentions that she is preparing to move to California; Louis reminds her to bring the tuxedos "vines" she made for Louis; Louis talks about his clothes being stolen; Nettie talks about a skirt Lil made for her; Nettie talks about dinner; Track 10: Velma tries to send a message to Lil, but gets interrupted; Track 11: Louis tells a joke about a prostitute; Track 12: Velma tells a joke about a man and his wife; Track 13: Louis tells a joke to Lil about a man cheating on his wife; Track 14: Tommy give a toast (dirty); Track 15: Louis introduces the cab driver to Lil; cab driver recites a dirty poem; Track 16: Nettie says Tommy and Louis have had too many beers; Louis tells a story about "Big John"; [drunken conversation]; Tommy talks about Doc Pugh dancing; Velma mentions a surprise party for Sid Catlet; Velma tries to tell a story about Ricardo Montalban, but cannot pronounce his name; Track 17: Velma talks about the surprise party; Velma tells a joke about a man eating beans; Track 18: Louis tells a joke about two men in New Orleans cleaning a carpet; Track 19: Tommy tells a joke about a constipated man. Track 20: Recording of the radio program, "The Big Show" (program no. 25, 4/22/1951): Tallulah Bankhead, Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Dennis King, Herb Shriner, Judy Holiday, Joan Davis comedy routine; Track 21: "America" (Bankhead reads poem by Walt Whitman to musical accompaniment); Track 22: close of program; Tracks 23-24: [2 unidentified classical selections]. |
People |
Armstrong, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bankhead, Tallulah Bigard, Barney Bigard, Dot Brookins, Tommy Catlett, Sid Crosby, Bing Hardin, Nettie Holliday, Judy Hope, Bob Middleton, Velma Montalban, Ricardo Pugh, Hazes "Doc" |
Search Terms |
Jokes |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.240 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |