OK Geezers/Geezettes, who remembers Senor Wences?

[trof]

Señor Wences, Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town"
(Wenceslao Moreno) April 20, 1896 - April 20, 1999

"The most unique and memorable ventriloquist in comedy, Senor Wences got laughs from three bizarre creations: "Johnny," which was just a face painted on the side of his fist (complete with a wig over the knuckles), a chicken puppet named "Cecilia," and "Pedro," a disembodied head kept in a box. Much of the humor of Wences' act came from his fast talk and idiosyncratic voices. There was the back and forth sing-song between himself and high voiced Johnny ("Be nice." "Nice." Are you nice?" "Yes." "Nice.") and the macabre comedy between himself and the deep voiced stoic Pedro. Whenever Wences opened the lid to look in on him the catch-phrase dialogue was always the same: "S'all right?" "S'all right. Shut the door".

Pedro added the bizarre touch. It wasn't intentional. Pedro was a full sized dummy, but a train wreck that hit the baggage car splintered him to pieces. The sentimental Senor Wences managed to find a way of using Pedro's head in the act."

More fascinating Wences bio here:http://www.comedystars.com/Bios/wences_senor.shtml

[slackmaster]

1. S'all right.

[trof]

3. Shot de door.

[Wapsie B]

2. I do!

Him and PoPo Gigo (sp)

Both were great!

[MuseRider]

4. That Johnny puppet

always gave me the creeps as a kid. I thought they were all very funny but that one was just creepy to me.

[mcscajun]

5. Senor Wences and Topo Gigio were the two biggest hits for me

as a kid, 'cause of of course my parents had to watch Ed Sullivan every Sunday night. If either one of them was announced I knew I was going to have some fun.

[DancingBear]

6. "Eddie - kiss me goodnight"

:)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

12. Remember the guy with the plates up on sticks?

He'd start with one, spinning it about eight feet above his head, and end up with, like, a thousand all spinning at once.

That was tension, I tell you, waiting for them to fall. But, I don't recall that they ever did.

[mcscajun]

15. I sure do...and now I have an earworm going...

...the music they played while the plates were spinnning.

Kinda frantic.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

16. Da da da dada

Da da da dada

Thanks a lot.......:)

<humming>

[mcscajun]

18. Hey...you started it.

:D

[OldLeftieLawyer]

20. I CAN'T HEAR YOU

I'M BUSY HUMMING AND AND PICKING UP BROKEN CROCKERY.......

[mcscajun]

26. omigod...

:rofl: :spray: :silly:

You got me!

:toast:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

31. heh heh heh

Back atcha......... :blush:

[trof]

17. The Sabre Dance? I think?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

21. That's IT!

I'm still hummmmmmmmmmmmming

Now I'm dancing, too.

[Dervill Crow]

7. Geezette here.

I'd love to see that shtick again now to see if there's more there than I got as a kid. I was pretty bright, but I know a re-watching of Fractured Fairy Tales and Rocky and Bullwinkle now reveals puns that I'm sure went over my head back then.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

10. Rock and Bullwinkle were SO FILTHY!

I got a set of videos a few years back, and watched them again.

Jesus, they were funny!!!! And dirty!!!!! Really sly, tongue-in-cheek sexual innuendo and allusions. It was absolutely brilliant.

I have to check them out on DVD now. Thanks for the reminder.

[Freebird12004]

8. "S'all right?" " S'all right."

......... and that's the way it was

[yellowdogintexas]

9. I loved Senor Wences ! Guess I am a Geezette too! nt

[OldLeftieLawyer]

11. You're not a Geezette, unless

you remember Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.

They were incredibly funny. I got them on video, too, and, again, I was shocked - SHOCKED, I TELL YOU - to see how filthy the jokes were, in the same sly manner as Bullwinkle and Rocky.

Kind of restored my faith, you know?

[trof]

13. How about Cecil and Beany?

Thethil the Thea Thick Thea Therpent

[yellowdogintexas]

33. Beany & Cecil were hysterical..and the most awful puns

we have a bunch of the episodes on tape which my daughter still drags out to watch when she is sick, along with all the DuckTales episodes we taped when she was little.

[yellowdogintexas]

32. remember Kukla, Fran and Ollie too. I adored Ollie the Dragon

and his one tooth.

Rootie Kazootie?
Winky Dink

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. S'awright? S'ok!

[Jack Rabbit]

19. Oh, yes. I do.

He was a lot of fun to watch.

Now, get back in de box.

[bobthedrummer]

22. I was really into his act, it was funny when he would do the rapid-fire

voices.
:thumbsup:

[lpbk2713]

23. Who remembers Johnny Puleo and his harmonica gang?

They were semi-regulars on the Sullivan show. He was the little guy that wore a Buster Keaton kind of hat and chaps and tried to get in the inner part of the group but they wouldn't let him and he would always kick them in the shins. That was funny to me when I was a kid.

[BiggJawn]

28. REMEMBER him? I had his ALBUM!

He was a "graduate" of Borah Minevich's "Harmonica Rascals"

[LoZoccolo]

24. DUDE! I was thinking of that like two weeks ago.

And that's like something I think of like every five to ten years or something. DUDE!

Remember "Madame" too?

[KittyWampus]

25. I Am NOT A Geezer, So Stop Saying That

thanks for the memory. :) Gentler times.

[Hardrada]

27. I used to think that was a very strange act

But I liked it.

[pscot]

29. The other night I was trying to explain Senor Wences

to my 6 year old granddaughter. I guess you had to be there.

[brook]

30. Buddy Ebsen...

was both fan and friend to Senor Wences. Buddy had him perform at the spectacular Christmas parties he used to give at the Variety Arts Center for the cast and crew of the Barnaby Jones show.Fond memories.

[Kool Kitty]

34. I certainly do remember Senor Wences.

I guess I really am a geezer.

[mykpart]

35. I used to paint a face on my hand and

try to throw my voice like he did!

[TreasonousBastard]

36. Yeah. Him and Paul Winchell...

(and Shari Lewis was HOT!)