tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post7968401607886984124..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Screw-ups and SportsmenYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-35339757339330516642017-05-30T13:30:29.985-07:002017-05-30T13:30:29.985-07:00That's because Bill Days told me the story :)That's because Bill Days told me the story :)Tom Wagnerhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-45416768192046417382015-04-17T03:09:06.477-07:002015-04-17T03:09:06.477-07:00There were a few others who served time in The Spo...There were a few others who served time in The Sportsmen over the years. One was John Rarig, but perhaps the most famous alum was Thurl Ravenscroft whose fame lay with such moments as being the "low voice" on Rosemary Clooney's 1954 recording of "This Ole House" - and more significantly, "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the 1966 animated Christmas special "How The Grinch Stole Christmas."wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-25133483895902548392013-05-28T02:26:33.195-07:002013-05-28T02:26:33.195-07:00Tom Wagner mentioned on Facebook: "According ...Tom Wagner mentioned on Facebook: "According to Bill Days, there was a change made that they didn't tell the Quartet about and you heard the result." I've never seen the Days story in print.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-21752261647063204542013-05-26T10:20:07.365-07:002013-05-26T10:20:07.365-07:00The Sportsmen seem to have run into the same sort ...The Sportsmen seem to have run into the same sort of frestration Kenny Baker did, in wanting to be used less as a comedy prop on a comedey show. But unlike Baker, the Quartet followed the Dennis Day route of maintaining their connection with Jack's show while trying to strike out on their own, and were still being used by Benny and his writers into the 1960s, well after the Lucky Strike sponsorship ended.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com