tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post4696192185544593339..comments2023-10-28T11:22:22.588-06:00Comments on Whirled of Kelly: Gonna Need Some Brave HelpThomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post-24966920619545543842010-09-30T05:06:49.763-06:002010-09-30T05:06:49.763-06:00Tom,
I have no doubt you're right that the bi...Tom,<br /><br />I have no doubt you're right that the bit predated LT. But it was LT that made it REALLY famous!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post-66476186416434461912010-09-29T19:33:34.270-06:002010-09-29T19:33:34.270-06:00Chris, I'm gonna guess that that was an old va...Chris, I'm gonna guess that that was an old vaudeville standby gag, and prolly where both Kelly and the Looney Tunes guys got their notions. I can just see Bert Lahr being part of that, or the young Abbott and Costello, or any of a hundred comics we never heard of.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post-28753092235772810212010-09-29T16:22:33.901-06:002010-09-29T16:22:33.901-06:00Tom,
This is like a LOONEY TUNE gag with Bugs pre...Tom,<br /><br />This is like a LOONEY TUNE gag with Bugs preparing to fight a bad guy -- "Let's fight clean and not do THIS!" (as he whacks the bad guy in some underhanded manner). Maybe Kelly got the notion from there.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.com