tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post7941172024407867542..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: The Life and Times of Jack Benny, Part 4 of 6Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-41423591649789808142017-01-29T14:24:03.041-08:002017-01-29T14:24:03.041-08:00I defy anyone to dislike anything Johnny Olson did...I defy anyone to dislike anything Johnny Olson did. He was the best.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-50275098437707602682017-01-29T08:00:01.785-08:002017-01-29T08:00:01.785-08:00I was with an elementary school class trip back ar...I was with an elementary school class trip back around 1966 or so that went to see three episodes of "To Tell the Truth" being taped, and as part of the warm-up, Johnny Olson and an elderly woman (in hindsight obviously a plant) in the audience did the "Ireland / Coney Ireland" bit. Even if the station manager didn't like it, the third graders and the adults in the TTTT audience thought it was funny. Nice to see the dialect pun had a high-class pedigree if Jack really did think it up.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com