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Bob Elliott died today, age 92.
Much will be said about the greatness of Bob & Ray, but no one can demonstrate it more clearly than they can themselves: The Komodo Dragon Expert, for instance. (mp3)
I remember going up from Philadelphia to Carnegie Hall with my father to see them onstage, 1983 I think it was, in coonnection with their public radio show, not the earlier "The Two and Only". I've rarely seen my father laugh so hard (or eat so many pastrami sandwiches in so many Manhattan delis in one day). He was as nimble as a teenager as we ran for the train home at Penn Station afterwards, perked up by Wally Ballou and the rest of the characters filling our heads.
Listen to Clement C. Moore and Irving Berlin discuss their Christmas classics in a stimulating and sometimes even coherent interview. Download the podcast at iTunes or at the Dead Authors Podcast site. Yes, I recommended this last year too. It's a classic, I tell you.
Direct download:
Chapter_29_-_Clement_Clarke_Moore_and_Irving_Berlin.mp3
