The Titzling Chronicles: The Final Chapter. Things were going swell for Otto and his partner Hans until they came across an unscrupulous dress designer named Philippe de Brassiere. The Depression was in full swing, and nobody was buying de Brassiere's dresses except a coven of drag queens on the upper east side. He decided he needed an item that ladies would buy even if they were broke. He stole Titzling's idea, added some lace and began presenting the product as his own. Tutzling sued, but it was a hard-fought case because Titzling had failed to patent his idea. After a lengthy and expensive trial, Otto won only token damages. Broke and dispirited, Otto died a few years later, Hans died in combat in World War II, and Brassiere went down in history lending his name to the product he stole.Boo-Hoo.
If you grew up in the 50's, you might have heard "party albums" by Rusty Warren and Belle Barth. They were DIRTY RECORDS, and the were hilarious too. I memorized many of the routines (I preferred Belle Barth over Rusty Warren) and recently I looked them up on Slacker Radio. What was really risqué in the 50's is heard every day on cable television now. I am not sure that is a good thing, but I am really surprised more people have not heard of these women. Totie Fields and Moms Mabley were a little bit more mainstream (meaning the could clean up their act for broadcast television), and they were contemporaries of Rusty and Belle. That was all a Long, long time ago, and it was a much simpler time.Friday. Nothing on television. Hoping to sell a couple houses this weekend. Wish me luck.
Deeds, Actions, Changes, THE FIFTIES, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!
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