09 ep51 Richard Eatham Joe Frisco

The National Broadcasting Company presents The Big Show, the first half hour presented by the makers of Reynolds Aluminum, the Reynolds Metals Company, and starring the glamorous, unpredictable, Toulula Bankhead. For the next hour and 30 minutes, you'll be entertained by some of the biggest names in show business.

Touch bright stars as Richard Easton. Bill Foster, Joe Frischkel, Peter Louray. Ethel Merman. Yapper Strutney. Meredith Wilson. And my name darling is Toulula Bankhead. We meet the members of our cast on the personal basis, and what better way to learn how great they are than from their own lips.

So have Arkansas prepared brief outlines of their career in showbiz, as those who could write turned in the following little masterpieces. Phil Foster for instance. Foster Phil, born 1919 Brooklyn, died 1951, and hologram. Goody, goody.

Cause of death Ralph Brankitis. As a kid I was very tough. When I was six years old my mother and father ran away from home. I started out and showed business as an assistant to a magician.

There was three of us in the act. The magician, a girl and me. One night the magician got sick and I took his place. After that there were four of us in the act. The magician, me and the girl I sawed in half.

Okay, Fafter, disappear. The next we hear a little about the life and struggle of Richard's Easton. Easton Richard Singer began and show business as a spear carrier in Madea, starring Judith Anderson. One night my spear dipped and I caught her right in the middle of the second act.

This Anderson never reached greater heights. Then I became understudied to eat Chopinza in South Pacific, but Mr. Pinsza enjoyed good health for six solid weeks. Then one day he became indisposed and I went on in his place.