David Everitt wrote, "Ross had delivered some of the early warm-ups but, seeing no reason to alter his strip joint act, he had offended audiences with off-color material.". nte | "As you'll notice in the titles, Imogene Coca's cave lady character was originally named Shag.

As I recall, we got pretty good laughs, but Joe E.'s timing was off because he was very nervous and he kind of hesitated on a couple of punchlines.

I was working Vegas at the time and we went in to see [comedian] George Kirby, a wonderful guy. He appeared in bits now and then in obscure features with such tasteless and exploitative titles as How to Seduce a Woman (1974), Linda Lovelace for President (1975), Slumber Party '57 (1976), Gas Pump Girls (1979) and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977). Such a drastic change could have alienated an audience - had an audience ever existed. Together "they'd vie to see who could be dirtier." - Diane Werts, Newsday. Indicative of the sixties sitcom format, the premise had astronauts flying through a time vortex and crashing into the Cro-Magnon age. He didn't fill in any of the other blanks on the form, so the idea that he might not have been able to read makes perfect sense. October 11, 2012 at 06:13 PM, Ross may truly have been the boorish, vulgarian as he has been described, but I forgive him forever for the laughs he has brought me...Hiken's laugh track method makes his shows Bilko and Car 54 that much funnier...Ross was a handful, but well worth it to those who will view this show forever more, Posted by:

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It's intriguing to imagine how much longer "Car 54" (and Hiken) might have survived had Hiken followed his plan to drop Al Lewis into the lead. Moving the Reel to Reel Catacombs to a New Site - A Very Special Last Post - Featuring Dora Hall!! used a laughtrack that differed from that of other shows. In the middle of the show he felt ill, and sat down on the edge of the stage. Ross was absent from television for almost four years despite some incongruous cameos on Art Linkletter's House Party, The Price is Right and Sing Along with Mitch.

Attended Seward Park High School and was once a boy tenor. In an e-mail correspondence with Woody Woodbury, a comedian that played Miami Beach for decades and has made Florida his home for sixty years, confirmed, "I never heard of a Club Ciro in Miami or on Miami Beach. After Ross' voice broke (actually it shattered into a million pieces), he found success as a burlesque and nightclub comic, principally in the Miami Beach area. Finally they get Joe E. Ross off the stage and he goes back to where he was seated and he must have thought the girl was in the powder room or something. SEE DETAILS, when you purchase 3 participating Suave products 9/1-10/31 at Walmart or Walmart.com. Had a provision in his will that he be given a comical send-off.

Joe E. Ross : biography 15 March 1914 – 13 August 1982 Joe E. Ross (born Joseph Roszawikz, March 15, 1914 – August 13, 1982) was an American actor known for his trademark "Oo!

I guess the illiteracy at least partly explains why Ross had trouble learning scripts, especially given the legendarily mad pace of playing the lead in a television series. I've been watching The Our Gang / Little Rascals Complete Collection and it is so much fun.

Sat on the edge of the stage and keeled over. The business in the previous post about Ross being illiterate is absolutely fascinating. Contribute. Food would splatter this way and that, covering his clothes and the immediate vicinity, as he wolfed down his meal with both hands." It wasn't the best performance I've ever had on the Sullivan show." They stopped at each one of our dressing rooms to talk to us, to meet us.

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Surprise Records released his "Adults Only" comedy LP in 1960.

I'll give you back every penny that you paid for it.' "I never got to know him well, [but] I did have breakfast with him one morning," laughs comedian Norm Crosby.

"I did not know Ross before, but I knew his work because he was on Car 54," says Sherwood.

|  2Dave Starr was marginal even in his heyday, but unlike Joe E. Ross, Starr made several appearances on the legitimate stage.

It would be all over his uniform. The Phil Silvers show was one of the best written shows of all time. They were pleased to help provide Ross with some sustenance.

He starred in such TV sitcoms as The Phil Silvers Show […] - Ronnie Schell, comedian, "His life centered around dating strippers."