Talk:Cliff Arquette

Discography

I have added the one record I still have (I gifted the previous shorter version of this record but if anyone is interested I know it is out there somewhere). I would very much like to hear from anyone who knows yet more about his records. I also noted that he was a regular on the Jack Parr Show and this is not covered well in the article. 71.150.253.188 (talk) 23:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Where did "Charley Weaver" come from?

not geographically, for you literalists 208.127.106.233 (talk) 22:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

In the 1950s, prior to Arquette's appearances on Jack Paar, he had a late afternoon TV show in Los Angeles. He appeared with Dave Willock. The show was about a young man (Willock) who would visit Charley (Arquette) at his shack that was situated next to the railroad tracks. The train would frequently pass by, shaking the entire house. Charley would read his letters from Mt. Idy to his visitor. I believe that this is where the Mt. Idy letter idea got its start.

  I was about 16 years old and I would rush home from school so I could watch the show -- it was hilarious.  
  I would do almost anything to see a video tape, if any still exist.  I have one photo of Arquette and Willock together from a flyer that displays some of the "inventions" of Charley that appeared on the TV show. Etagluoh (talk) 05:43, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

The Old Timer

Conspicuously absent from the list of Mr. Arquette's credits is his role as 'the Old Timer' on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program. The character was similar to Charley Weaver and the usual 'schtick' was that Jim Jordan, as Fibber, would tell a joke or make a humorous comment, and the Old Timer would reply, "Well, that's pretty good, Johnny, but that ain't the way I heerd it. The way I heerd it was...", then tell a completely unrelated joke. The Old Timer role was later taken over by Bill Thompson, who also played Wallace Wimple on the show.76.195.220.193 (talk) 02:34, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Date discrepancy

In the 'Charley Weaver' it says the character was created in 1959, yet the picture just to the right of this text is dated 1951. Does any one know which, if either is correct? Mike L Smith (talk) 19:11, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

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