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well that'll be enough of
that thank you very very much Mr Spencer
I enjoyed that
immensely
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goodbye and Mr Spencer The Pianist
really a very very fine
pianist Paul Whitman heard him play
about five weeks ago and offered him a
job as a
chauffer but I guess money isn't
everything with Mr
Spencer but for a a Pianist he really
has a marvelous sense of humor he was
telling me a story the other day about
an older brother of his who had been
very very ill for a long time in Europe
and he finally went up to see his doctor
and the doctor told him that that he'd
have to get a lot of exercise and air
and everything but he must be very very
careful and not lift anything
heavy so he got a job as a garbage man
in
Scotland of course I very selom tell
Scotch stories they're generally all
alike although I personally I know a
Scotchman who went into a butcher shop
and he said give me a Nickles worth of
hamburger and wrap it up on today's
paper I told that story about 3 weeks
ago in Philadelphia I happened to be
playing there and the joke did very well
for me that is those who were awake
enjoyed it immensely and I had quite an
experience though in Philadelphia while
I was there there was a little lady in
the audience that I met who was very
anxious to go on the stage and I
understand that she has appeared in a
lot of local amateur Productions in
Philadelphia like the Elks minstrels and
things of that sort and I uh promised
her that if she joined me here that I'd
let her try out my ACT she really has a
lovely voice she has a sort of a nervous
soprano I don't whether you've heard
just that kind but anyway she um came on
to join me of course her mother came
with
her everything happens to
me and she she's standing right over
here in the entrance and I'm going to
have her come on and sing a little song
and incidentally she has been in the
movies never on the speaking stage but
she has been in the movie movies for
about 3 years that was until they
finally decided to have men
ushers I'll have her come right on and
sing a little song she's cute
Marie I want you folks to meet Marie
Marlo Miss Marlo who uh going to do a
little song for you we've been kind of
going around to get a cute girl at that
we've been going around together for
quite a while since she's been in town
and I've grown to be very fond of Marie
and I think she likes me too I don't you
like me don't you Marie yes I do Mr
Benny certainly why should I be an
exception uh but anyway I'm going to ask
Marie to sing uh a very popular
song a little song called Maryanne and
she does this beautifully I'm sure you
like it Marie sing Maryanne for the
ladies and gentlemen the way you did it
at the Elks after you were there a while
but Mr Benny you promised me that if I
worked in your act I could tell a
story it's starting already this whole
thing no I I've heard you tell stories
before really I think it'll be much
better if you sing Maryanne I'm sure it
will but I don't want to sing Maryanne I
want to tell a
story how does Gus Edwards handle him
this is really my first Venture as a
producer
I you want to tell a story is this the
story you told me on the train coming
over the same
story I think you better sing
Maryanne I'm a little bit afraid of that
one I wouldn't tell it if I were you but
I changed the finish of it pardon I
changed the finish of it oh you clean
you fixed it up a little bit I see well
I'll tell you what you do you whispered
the story to me and if I feel that it's
fit for these ladies and gentlemen to
hear
I'll let you tell us pardon
us
mhm that's the
story the little lady will sing
Maryanne I hope I've settled that I
doubt that I
have well Mr Benny mhm if I can't tell a
story let me do my
imitations oh you do imitations too you
do everything don't you well what do you
imitate or who well I imitate all the
big stars on the stage all the stars of
the stage just the
Stars I mean you don't fool with the
rest of the cast or
anything see well what uh what star
would you like to imitate today I mean
who have you in
mind well I can imitate Sophie
tuer and uh the four marks Brothers of
the
apocalypse and
um the four marks Brothers of the
Apocalypse can't you do three of them
today no you have to do the four I see
and I can imitate a pig a pig mhm well
that ought to be lovely and see the four
marks brothers and a
pig just one imitate just the one Pig no
I imitate five pigs at one time five
pigs at one time that's marvelous really
I imagine that's rather difficult though
being that each Pig has his own
personality well maybe the folks would
like to hear a pig today you might Pig
it you care to Pig it but Mr Benny mm my
best imitation is Florence Reed in the
Shanghai gesture Florence Reed in the
Jang High gesture that's your best well
the funny thing I've never seen Florence
Reed I imagine I'd enjoy that give us a
little of Florence Reed in the Shanghai
gesture this theater can be emptied in 3
minutes Chinese I imagine go ahead I did
not die I survived the pearlfish is a
cray the Nugget men of South Whales yes
I survived them all hate help me the
devil help me I live what do you do
besides imitations all of that was
awfully good of Florence Reed really I
enjoyed that very much I funny thing
I've never seen Florence Reed I won't
have to bother going now at all I mean
what else do you do in the line of
entertainment I can recite pardon I can
recite I was afraid of that you recite
well what would you like to recite I
mean what poem or OD well would you like
to hear one of my poems one of your
poems one that you wrote
yourself nothing bothers you does
it well maybe the all right I'll let you
recite the little poem but Marie uh
wouldn't you rather sing the chorus of
some popular song I imagine the folks
would rather hear something popular no I
don't feel very well I don't feel like
singing you don't feel like singing why
I have a pain right here
you have a pain there well let's you
have acute
indigestion pardon me I say you have
acute
indigestion oh G I bet you tell that to
all the girls
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