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5 unusual facts about Spike Jones


Clem McCarthy

Comedian Doodles Weaver mimicked McCarthy in his 1948 novelty recording (with Spike Jones) of the "William Tell Overture".

Judy Strangis

Strangis is the niece of famous band leader and comedian, Spike Jones and the sister of notable producer and director Sam Strangis (Batman, The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple, The Six Million Dollar Man).

Lennie Weinrib

A native of the Bronx, Weinrib got his start in show business working with Spike Jones, then later in The Billy Barnes Revue.

National College Television

The Spike Jones Show - rebroadcasts of the classic 1950s series starring Jones and The City Slickers.

Walk the Straight and Narrow

The late Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver (Crier Tuck), well remembered at Stanford for his many pranks and practical jokes as well as a varied acting career (including his spoonerizing character for Spike Jones' Radio Show "Professor Feitlebaum"), was brother of NBC-TV executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver and uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver.


At the Supper Club

Guests include Nat King Cole, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Peggy Lee, Diana Lynn and the Modernaires with Paula Kelly.

Bob LeMond

LeMond's other blossoming television and radio credits during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s included Leave It to Beaver, The Red Skelton Show, Red Skelton, Bat Masterson, Our Miss Brooks, My Friend Irma, Spike Jones, Edgar Bergen's Do You Trust Your Wife? and Life with Luigi.

Don Stanley

After moving to the television side in the 1950s (and, eventually, to their later studios in Burbank, California), he handled announcing duties for such television programs as The Sheilah Graham Show, One Man's Family, The Spike Jones Show, and NBC Saturday Night at the Movies.

Oh By Jingo!

Later recorded revivals of the number include those by Chet Atkins, Bo Grumpus, Eddie Condon, Stéphane Grappelli, Clancy Hayes, Keith Ingham, Spike Jones, Danny Kaye, Jeannie Carson, Lu Watters, and The Reverend Horton Heat.

Rinso

"Rinso White" is sung, or rather screamed, in the Spike Jones version of Liebesträume.


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