The dedications list for the novels started as "merely longer than normal" and, by the end of the run, resembled a suburban phone book. Here they are, in full, for Loxfinger; Matzohball; On the Secret Service of his Majesty, the Queen; and You Only Live Until You Die.
JOE E. LEWIS
“The Aristotle of the Bottle,” beloved King of the Nightclubs.
SAM AND CHAI SOORA WEINSTEIN,
the author’s beloved parents.
NOMI FRIEDMAN,
the author’s beloved sister.
HARRY AND BESS EISNER,
the author’s beloved, hostile in-laws.
NANCY BROWN
of Plainfield, New Jersey.
GODFREY CAMBRIDGE,
who alone looks like the entire March on Washington.
NEIL LEVINSON, BERNIE GOLDBERG, IRWIN SPIEGEL, YUDEL KAPLAN, AND MIKE KEARNS,
who, with the author, comprised Trenton High School’s unforgettable “The Crummy Six,” who did to 11th grade French what De Gaulle is doing to us now.
STAN AND RHODA EISNER
MARK LITOWITZ, JOHNNY COATES, JR., HOWIE TEDDER, KIRK NUROCK, BEN MELZER, JAN WALLMAN, LAURA LANE, CLYDE LEIB, AUSTIN MACK, GEORGE R. BOLGE, RABBI BEN SINCOFF, BOB PINCUS, LENNIE FELDMAN
ELLIE, DAVID (008), AND JUDY WEINSTEIN,
the author’s beloved wife and issue, the last named the courageous 5-year-old who, when enemies of Judaism rear their ugly heads, dons her mask and black cape and leaps from the sofa with that fearful cry: “Bat Baby Strikes Again!”
AND TO POCKET BOOKS, INC....
may we both make a little Bond bread.
(This includes the half of the U.S. population not cited in the dedications to Loxfinger)
CELIA LEVINE
In Memory
DON AND SANDY BARNETT
JUDGE PHILLIP FORMAN
SAM AND ANN RABINOWITZ & FAMILY
PAUL GRAY
the “International Humorist’
and
MARK RUSSELL
the “Washington Wit”
who are sorely needed as regulars on the TV “talk” shows
ISRAEL (COKE) RUBIN
MICKEY DANER
...had he not loved honor more,
he would have loved it less
RON & CAROL AXE DR. RALPH ROBBINS
... “dream doctor,” healer of the sick,
the Sandy Koufax of Miami Beach
SANDY KOUFAX
on general principles
DR. DAVID J. SILVERSTEIN
Of Lancaster, Pa., who has taught his Pennsylvania Dutch clientele to know vot good is
RON & JEAN FRIEDMAN
BELOVED UNCLE H. J. SHERMAN
Of Sherm’s Deli, Long Branch, N. J.
BELOVED TANTEH RIVA ROSENBERG
JACK AND DORIS SHERMAN, JACK AND MARY SHERMAN, JACK AND FRANCES ROSENBERG, JACK AND SOPHIE ROSENBERG, JOSH SHERMAN, SHULAMITH AND LEO RUTKOFF & FAMILY, MR. AND MRS. DICK AXE, GAIL COATES, JACK CURTIS OF THE LATIN CASINO, LOU AND RUTH DELIN, JOHN DELBRIDGE, DR. KEN HENRY, AARON LENOFF, STAN AND MINDY LEDERMAN, GIDEON AND ELISHEVA GLAZ, BOB LANE, JAY LAWRENCE, DICK MATHEWS, BOB NESOFF, DON PALMER, MIKE ROSENFELD, DR. JOHN E. TURNER, ALICE HELGESON
ABEL GREEN
to whom Variety is the spice of life (and the bread)
EARL WILSON
and his B.W., B.M.L., T.W.A., R.C.A., M.I.T., etc.
SGT. MICKEY BRANNON, JERRY GAGHAN, “RED” BENSON, LEON BROWN, FRANK BROOKHOUSER, SANDY OPPENHEIMER, EMIL SLABODA, BIFF HOFFMAN, HERB RAU, LARRY KING, PHYLLIS BATTELLE, JANET CHUSMIR, MIKE McGRADY, THOMAS W. LIPPMAN, YUDEL SUSSMAN, CHARLIE SCOTT, DON SCOTT, FLORENCE (CHOO-CHOO) BLOCK
SYLVIA AND LIPPY EISNER, SCOTT SHUKAT, JANET AND BETTY EISNER, BERNIE SOHN, HARVEY AND HARRIETT BLATT, ALLAN DELIN, BENNIE AND JENNIE LINDENBAUM, SANDRA AND ARNIE SIMON, MILTON LEVINE, BOBBY AND MONA COURTNEY, CAROLE AND ARNIE BERNSTEIN, DORA KAPLAN, EDDIE AND ALICE GREENBERG, RONNIE AND STEVIE GREENBERG, LOUIE AND YETTA CRAVITZ, ROSIE, RICHARD, AND ELYSE RUDOW, SAM AND CEIL CRAVITT, HANNAH AND LENNIE ROTNOFSKY, SAUL AND HELEN ROTNOFSKY, LENNIE AND RUTH MARKOFF, TANTEH EVA LINDENBAUM, SIDNEY AND CHARLOTTE LINDENBAUM, YOUIE AND CHARLOTTE CAPILUPI, MARVIN AND NORMA GATES, PHYLLIS FISHMAN, CY AND MALVINA VOGEL, MARVIN AND MARSHA ROSENBERG, BOB AND JANE AMOROS, FREDDIE AND JOSIE TRAUM, HERB AND RAE STEIN, MEYER AND BESSIE GRUSMARK, ISADORE AND JENNIE KRAKOWER, RABBI AND MRS. WILLIAM FIERVERKER, SID AND RUTH SHUCKER, LEO AND FLORENCE FEINMAN, GENE AND JOYCE KONDASH, MOLLY LEVINE, LENA LEVITSKY, SYLVIA WEINSTOCK, MARTY AND MIRIAM LAIBOW, WALT LAMOND, MARV AND ERICA LAZOFF, MORRIS AND ADRIANNE BERENBAUM, FRED AND NETTIE BERK, GEORGE COHEN, MAX YOUNG, RUTH GOVER, RON AND JUDITH EDELMAN, OWEN LASTER, DENNIS PAGET, ESTELLE RAE ADLER, “DOC” GREENE, MARK BELTAIRE, SHIRLEY EDER, ED FISHER, BOB GOLDMAN, NORMIE LAYTON, MAX ASNAS, BILL GAINES, AL FELDSTEIN, NICK MEGLIN, JERRY DE FUCCIO, JOHN PUTNAM, LENNIE BRENNER, the “boys” from MAD MAGAZINE.
MICKEY MANTLE
Who hits ‘em 500 feet
JOE E. LEWIS
Who hasn’t walked that far in thirty years
And...
NANCY BROWN
Of Plainfield, N. J.
These include residents of NATO countries unfortunately omitted in the dedications to Loxfinger and Matzohball. What does it take to merit a mention in these towering novels? The answer is simple: Most of the people cited are not only cheerful, obedient, trustworthy and kind and never leave a national park without spraying their campfire embers with soft Culligan water, but also have gone out of their way to promote sales, thus insuring a better way of life for my fine family.
WILLIAM J. BLITMAN and NORMAN “RED” BENSON
In Memoriam.
ELLIE, DAVID (0010) and JUDY (007) WEINSTEIN
My fine family.
JOE E. LEWIS
Who once said, “Behind every beautiful woman is a beautiful behind.”
If the Pickled Plato is performing in your town, don’t miss him.
WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS
Of WNEW, New York. To the trade: Velvet Baze Velvel.
MERV GRIFFIN
Who gave me my first break on national TV. Merv, I still insist that within my Walter Slezak-type body is a Sinatra-type voice. Dare you ignore the commercial possibility of launching a Singing Spy?
NORMAN SHAVIN
Of the Atlanta Constitution; a geeter, a finer.
GODFREY CAMBRIDGE
Who, if the Bond film people ever decide to do Live and Let Die, is the logical choice for Mr. Big.
MAI ZETTERLING and SUSANNAH YORK
Who have been my constant companions in recent fantasies— mine, unfortunately. Ladies, do with me what you will.
JULIE CHRISTIE
Take what’s left.
TEX McCRARY
EARL WILSON
FRANK BOWERS
LEE J. MALTENFORT
Of Bestsellers.
JERRY AGEL
Of Books.
JACKIE FARRELL
Of the New York Yankees.
LEONARD KATZ
Of the New York Post.
FRANK FARRELL
WALTER WINCHELL
RON AXE & MIKE ROSENFELD
No female singer has the right to complain about the lack of good material if she has failed to record “Mirror,” lyrics by Axe, music by Rosenfeld. It may be found in Vicki Carr’s Discovery 2 LP.
LAURA LANE
A splendid song stylist.
THE NESHAMINY “N” CLUB
Of Bucks County, Pa.
ED JOYCE
Of “Expertise,” WCBS, New York.
WALT CANTER
Writer and mensch.
JIM HARPER
Of WINZ, Miami, owner of one of the world’s greatest picture names. (“Jim Harper, I can’t ask you to go up against those rock ‘em, sock ‘em Cornhuskers with a knee like that. So we’ll lose the twenty-third annual Okra Bowl; better that than crippling a fine young boy forever.” Jim Harper flashed his pain-tinged smile and with the aid of a pneumatic drill the freckle-faced kid from Glenville began to chip the cast from his leg. “Can’t let the guys down now, Coach O’Brien. Tell ‘em to keep feeding me on good ol’ K-34 off left tackle. I’m gonna pack that pigskin across those chalk lines until....”)
RAY HASSON and LIZ TROTTA
Of NBC News.
DIZZY GILLESPIE
John, there’s still time to record an album of my modern jazz pieces. Don’t snicker; you didn’t think I could produce top-flight thrillers, either.
GEORGE SPOTA
Of the Martin Goodman Agency, New York; with gratitude.
JOHN CALLEY
Of Filmways and the 99¢ Royal Roost. Peewee Marquette, we never forgot you.
OSSIE DAVIS and RUBY DEE
Two elegant pros.
FLORENCE FRIEDMAN
Of Meyers Stationery & Book Store, Fairless Hills, Pa. Sell, maideleh. sell....
REGINA PRIOR
Secretary Emeritus to Johnny Carson.
CLARENCE PETERSEN
Of the Chicago Tribune, who looked into the heart of a weary traveler and found cholesterol.
SOL IMMERMAN and BARBARA HUNTLEY
Artistic geniuses of Pocket Books.
BERNIE GROSS and MAX HUDES
Of the Carnegie Delicatessen, New York.
HARRY and JOHN HOLLAND
REGIS PHILBIN
Nobody should look that wholesome.
BUDDY GOLDBERG
Manager of the Jay Leader Insurance Team of the Levittown, Pa., Western Little League, and his charges.
JESS CAIN
Of WHDH, Boston, an explosively funny, deeply disturbed young man.
ARNOLD BIEGEN
Of Booth, Lipton & Lipton, New York.
MELVIN L. KARTZMER
President, First Florida Consultants, Inc.
TEDDI KING and DAVID ALLEN
Fine pop singers.
JAMES J. SHAPIRO
Of Simplicity Patterns.
B. J. HARRIS
President of WQXT, Palm Beach, the “lebedicker from Louisville,” and his PAULA, ALAN JON, PAMELA JOY and PEPPIE JAYNE.
LEON BROWN
Of the Philadelphia Jewish Times.
NEAL HEFTI
Who, by his gorgeous reworking of blues, “Girl Talk,” deserves the chance to do the arrangements of my jazz pieces for an LP.
JACK McKINNEY
Of WCAU, Philadelphia; seeker of truth.
SGT. NEIL ROBINSON
Of Armed Forces Radio.
DICK CAVETT and GEORGE CARLIN
Fine young comedians.
TIMMIE ROGERS
Who made “Oh yeah!” household words—in his household.
CASSIE PASSMAN, HARRY MOSES, LEN and NORA FISCHMAN, MR. and MRS. ALBERT FINKLE, FRED and NETTIE BERK, CHARLES and BELLA GREENBERG, CHARLIE GRAY, JERRY and MARY LOU GLAZE, SAMMY MORRIS, FLORENCE GRAD LONDONER, CY and CLAIRE NEIBURG, KENNY SOLMS, PETER REMENY, KENT TALIAFERRO, SANDY TIMMERMANN, MERLE RUDERFER, ESTELLE and SIDNEY LUTZKER, JANET HELD, BOBBIE WEINER, MR. and MRS. HARRY BOTOFF, MR. and MRS. NEIL LEVENSON, MR. and MRS. ROBERT KURTZER, CHRIS WINNER, STEVE PINKUS, NANCY CARTER, MENDY, WILLIE and DAVE KRAVITZ, MR. and MRS. WILBUR J. LEVINE, STEVE SCHENKEL, DR. and MRS. MILTON PALAT, DR. and MRS. GEORGE ISAACSON, TED and SYBIL COOPER, ARNOLD and ESTELLE KIMMEL, NACHAMA LEVY, IRV and LEAH WURZEL, HARRY BLAZE, MR. and MRS. WILLIAM GERVON, SY and RUTHE LEDIS, FREDRICA KIRSCHNER.
FRAN SHANKIN
EVERETT G. WALK
Of Luden’s, Inc.
JESSE H. WALKER
Of the New York Amsterdam News.
BILL (Talk of Miami) SMITH
Of WKAT, Miami. Not a bad name, either.... (“You can kill me, Gestapo Chief Guttmacher, but there’ll be a lotta guys like me, Bill Smith, on the way... guys with names like Tompkins n’ DeLuca n’ Kelly n’ Weinstein... guys from Glenville, Sioux City, Brooklyn n’ Levittown... peace-lovin’ Joes who never asked for this war but when their Yankee dander’s up will show you how to finish a fight. Hear those engines overhead, Guttmacher?”)
DICK WEST
Of UPI, witty but dewlapless.
OSCAR BROWN JR.
A delightful addition to anyone’s record collection.
LES ROBERTS
Bright young writer.
HORACE GREELY McNAB
Of WBCB, Levittown, Pa.
RON POLAO
Of the unforgettable face.
LARRY DeVINE
Of the Miami Herald, who, alas, never knew Yudel Kaplan.
DONALD HAMILTON
Whose Matt Helm books never let the reader down.
“IAN STUART”
Sir, please kvetch out another Satan Bug, Black Shrike, etc.
JUDY EDELMAN and RUTH GOVER
ROBERT MAGAZINER JR. and JIM WILSON
Of Ocean City, N.J., officers of the first and probably last Israel Bond Fan Club.
ROGER PRICE
Of Grump Magazine.
JUDITH RASCOE
With admiration.
WILLIAM H., JoANN and TERRI LYNN PETTIT
Of the Burlington County, N. J., Times
FRED E. WALKER
General manager of KYW-TV, Philadelphia.
NORMAN, MARGIE, MARSHA, SKIP and JANET WEINSTEIN
No relation, but worthy of inclusion due to sensible choice of surname.
WEINSTEIN’S DEPARTMENT STORE
Of San Francisco. Again, no relation, but the sign just made me... kvell... all over.
NATHAN WEINSTEIN
Of Mystic, Connecticut.
MARYLOU SHEILS, BILL and LIL HOLSTEIN, FRANK and SUSIE MARRERO, ARNIE and PAT SOMERS, DR. HARRY LEVINE of 6360 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., AL LEVINE of LONDON ASSOCIATES, Chicago, MAC and SHIRLEY ENGEL, EVE REMENY, JUDY SPIEGEL, MARY JANE HIGGINS, MARETTA TUCKER, MR. and MRS. HAL SINGER, NORM LEIGHTON, NANCY HELPERN, MONIQUE VAUGEL, DOLORES MIRANDA, BERT and IDA ENGEL, STEVE PIERINGER, MIKE, SUSIE and TOMMY STUDNIA, STAN EARLY, ROSS HIRSHORN, NORVIN NATHAN, MR. and MRS. WALTER WARREN, MARVIN and PHYLLIS HABAS, MR. and MRS. SAM MELMAN, DAVID and ESTHER ZWEIG, LEONARD, HELENA PAVLOVA, LINDA, KAREN and SHERRY BOGARDE, JEAN BERNSTEIN, LINDA BILLINGTON, MARGIE, BERNIE and STEVIE HIRSH, DOLLY COHEN, MARY MILLER, SEYMOUR GINSBURG, DAVID and HOPE WISNIA, CARMELA CANDELA, BARRY SINCO, DAVID O’MEARA, TONY ROIG, CLAUDE and HEATHCLIFFE TRENIER, NANCY PALMER, pretty JAN and passable STAN FEINTUCH, LINDA LATZ, Bat Lady of San Francisco.
FRIAR BOBBY GORDON, MR. and MRS. FRED KANTOFF, PHIL WEISS of FRIEDMAN, ALPREN & GREEN, MRS. NATALIE FULTON, SELMA LITOWITZ, ALAN, GRACE, LEIGH, CORY and TOD BRESLAU, SAUL MILLNER, MURRAY HORNICK, MORTON SPITOFSKY, CHARLES CHARNE, ALLEN DELIN and the rest of BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NEWMAN and IRENE HOFFMAN, MR. and MRS. HAL LEFCOURT, GENE D’ANDREA of Andrea Motors, Morrisville, Pa., GEORGE and SARAH GORDON, PRISCILLA SLOSS, JAMES E. MAGEE of New York Life Insurance.
BILL HART
Of WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, who once slated, “No man is an island.” He also said, “No hockey puck is a dirigible; no telegraph pole is a pencil box.” Bill has this flair for correctly identifying things.
CEIL DYER
ANTHONY LaCAMERA
Television critic, friend of Norman Shavin.
GEORGE F. BROWN and EDDIE LOPEZ
Of the San Juan Star.
DAVE DUSHOFF, DALLAS GERSON and JERRY KATZ
Of the Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, N. J.
TONY BEACON and MARY MURPHY AIVAZIAN
Of the San Juan Diary.
WOODY ALLEN
With admiration.
LEON, CLAIRE and KIRK NUROCK
The last named an amazing young jazz player, arranger, composer. Record companies please note.
DON THOMPSON
Of the Rocky Mountain News.
CLEVELAND AMORY
With gratitude.
HARRY NEIGHER
Of the Connecticut Sunday Herald.
WALTER BORENSTEIN
Of the North American Review.
JACKIE PETTYCREW
Of the Arizona Republic.
BEVERLEY GITHENS
Of the Eureka Springs, Ark., Times Echo.
DOLPH HONICKER
Of the Nashville Tennessean.
RUTH JACOBS and SHOLOM RUBINSTEIN
Of The Jewish Home Show, WEVD, New York.
SUE NAPIER
Of the Lexington, Ky., Sunday Herald-Leader.
RICHARD CROKER
Of the Georgia State College Signal.
CHARLES McHARRY
Of the New York Daily News.
JERRY GAGHAN
Of the Philadelphia Daily News.
FRANK BROOKHOUSER
Of the Philadelphia Bulletin.
In Philadelphia, nearly everybody on the Bulletin reads Mad Magazine.
HERB RAU
HERB KELLY
LENNY MEYERS
Of WHDH, Boston.
BILL and STUART BLUMBERG
JULIE DANE
Of WHDH-TV, Boston. Noch a mool, the Name Game. (“What? Chili Chuvalo, the Chilean Spitfire, walked out on the Blofeld Follies of 1935 ten seconds before the opening curtain just because I wouldn’t let her two-year-old brother conduct the orchestra? Well, that does it—one million bucks down the drain!” Kindly old Pop Abel Green looked up from his tattered Variety. “Now, hold on there, Mr. Florenz Blofeld. Maybe you are the world’s greatest showman and I’m just a broken-down old hoofer who sweeps up backstage, but there’s a lovely young kid right under your nose, little Julie Dane, our script girl, and she’s got a voice like an angel and she knows Chili’s part by heart and....”)
HOWIE TEDDER
Of the Trenton, N.J., Times, who got me into this business. Blame him. (Ginmill comics who need shtik should contact him.)
CARL GEORGE
Of KABC-TV, Los Angeles.
NICK SERUBY
My old barber.
ELLEN WILLIS
Of Fact.
PAUL CONDYLAS
Of KABC, Los Angeles; “The Voice of the Tigris and Euphrates.”
MIKE JACKSON
Of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.
BOB KENNEDY
Of WBZ-TV, Boston.
BRUCE McCABE
Of the Boston Record-American.
HERB KENNY and GEORGE McKINNON
Of the Boston Globe.
ROBERT TAYLOR
“The Roving Eye” of the Boston Herald-Traveler, a likable, perceptive chap hamstrung by a prosaic name. Drop it; use Spangler Arlington Brugh.
HELEN HESSEN
Nurse Parker at Duh Fontenbloo.
IRV KUPCINET
SAM BUTERA and ROLLY DEE
HARRY HARRIS, ROSE (SAM) DeWOLF and TOM LIPPMAN
Of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
GENE PACKARD and ART MILLNER
Of WKDN, Camden.
SAM GYSON
BEN McELVEEN
BEN BOROWSKY Of the Bucks County, Pa., Times.
DAVID ROTHFELD
Of E. J. Korvette, Inc.
DEE CARUSO
ROBERT V. COX
Of Pepsi Cola.
DR. HOWARD S. FRIEDMAN
One of Philly’s finest.
JAN MURRAY
KENNY DELMAR
ADAM WADE
JOHN WINGATE
Of WOR, New York.
ERNEST SCHIER
Of the Philadelphia Bulletin.
RAY JOHNSON and CHRIS GRIECO
Fine pianists.
MILTON THE FLORIST
Of Times Square Subway Florists, Inc. (IRT Division)
HARRY YAVENER, DOROTHY CANTWELL, ED “DUFFY” RAMSEY, BUS SAIDT, LOU GUNKEL, HERB BLACKWELL, JOE LOGUE, EDDIE HOFFMAN, STEVE MERVISH, PATTI PRINCIPI, GEORGE MOLDOVAN
Of The Trentonian, Trenton, N. J.
ART THOMPSON
Of the Delaware Valley Advance, Bucks County, Pa.
BOB LANDRY
Of Variety.
MIKE CONNOLLY
WALLACE COOPER
Of the Associated Negro Press.
TOM STORY and DON BARNETT
Of American & Drew Furniture.
LADDIE SCHAEFFER, BERNIE COSNOSKI, BOB GOLDMAN, DICK BURNS and TOM DURAND
Of WTTM, Trenton.
PEG MacEACHRON
Of WJNO, West Palm Beach.
WARD WILSON, MARY NEMEC and BOB WILSON
Of WEAT-TV, Palm Beach.
GEORGE WHITE and his SCANDALS—TOM ANDERSON, BILL GORDON and SANDY LECHNER
Of WPTV, Palm Beach.
JAMES GARRETT
Of the Cleveland Press, a nice man, even though he’s the brother of the polecat who gunned down Billy.
GEORGE BARBER
Of WPBF, West Palm Beach.
PAIGE PALMER
Of WEWS-TV, Cleveland; Mrs. Strength and Health.
JOEL DALY
Of WJW-TV, Cleveland.
ED FISHER
Of WJW, Cleveland.
THE LINDELL A.C.
Of Detroit.
MARY MORGAN
Of CKLW-TV, Windsor, Ontario.
CAROL ANDERSON, FRED SHAW, MICHAEL THOMPSON and JACK KASSEWITZ (a friend of Norman Shavin)
Of the Miami News.
DOC GREENE
Of the Detroit News.
MARK BELTAIRE
Of the Detroit Free Press.
LARRY JONES
Of WWJ, Detroit.
SHIRLEY EDER
Of WJBK, Detroit.
DICK OSGOOD
Of WXYZ, Detroit.
DICK DESAUTEL
Of WJLB, Detroit.
HAL YOUNGBLOOD, LEE MURRAY and JIM LAUNCE
Of WJR, Detroit.
THE SU CASA
Fine Mexican restaurant of Chicago.
JACK WALLACE and WALTER BLUM
Of the San Francisco Examiner.
EDDIE HUBBARD, JACK BRICKHOUSE and JACK ROSENBERG
Of WGN, Chicago.
JACK EIGEN
Of WMAQ, Chicago, who does a trenchant, hilarious impression of Mike Nichols.
LEE PHILLIP and JUDY McKEOWN
Of the Lee Phillip Show, WBBM-TV, Chicago.
DICK BAKER
Of WCIU-TV, Chicago, America’s greatest comedy team.
DUKE ZIEBERT
Of Duke Ziehen’s Restaurant, Washington, D.C.
IRA BLUE
Of KGO, San Francisco, the controversial gentleman for whom I demonstrated my quicksilver ad lib ability by composing an original song on the spot: “Ira Blue... Ira Blue... ain’t these tears in muh eyes tellin’ you?”
BILL GORDON
On the Scene at KGO-TV, San Francisco.
OWEN SPAN
Of KGO, San Francisco.
HILLY ROSE and BOB VAINOWSKI
Of KCBS, San Francisco, members of SPECTRUM.
JOSEPH P. MUNIZ
Of Thom McAn Shoe Co.
DON RIGGS and MARCY LYNN
Pittsburgh’s “Wakeup Kids.”
GEORGE BOURKE
Amusements Editor of the Miami Herald.
JAY BUSHINSKY
Of the Miami Herald.
LARRY KING
Of the Miami Beach Sun.
JOHN HAMBRICK and BOB HILL
Of KHOU-TV, Houston.
RIC RICHARDS and BOB KELLY
Of KTHT, Houston.
ARNOLD ROSENFELD
Of the Houston Post.
CHARLIE JOHNSON and ALAN JOHNSON
Of KPRC, Houston.
JEFF MILLAR
Of the Houston Chronicle.
BOBBY BROCK and BOBBY BRUTON
Of WFAA, Dallas.
DON DAY
Of KXOL, Fort Worth.
ED BARKER, WES WISE, JIM UNDERWOOD and FRANK GLIEBER
Of KRLD, Dallas.
JACK GORDON
Of the Fort Worth Press.
ANN TINSLEY
Of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
SID MARK, GEORGE LYLE, STEWART CHASE, JOEL DORN, VINCE GARRETT, RICK FRIEDMAN, JOE ZAWACKI, GENE SHAY, RON TILDON and ART (Bagels and Lox) RAYMOND
Of WHAT-FM, Philly’s 24-hour-a-day jazz bastion.
BERNARD PEIFFER JAZZ TRIO
(Peiffer, piano; Johnny Coates Jr., vibes; Gus Nemeth, bass. Fellas, I wrote these jazz pieces, you see....)
CHARLES W. ADAMS
Of Coca-Cola.
LEO ARYEH ATTAR
Sportsman of Israel.
HUGH M. HEFNER, A. C. SPECTORSKY, JACK KESSIE, SHELDON WAX, FRANK ATLASS, HY ROTH, BOBBIE ARNSTEIN and TANIA GROSSINGER
Of Playboy. “Hello, I’m your Bunny, Berigan.”
DOUGH CHINA, JAY STEVENS and MERRITT HADLEY
Of WGBS, Miami.
BERT WEILAND and JIM WHITTINGTON
Of WIGO, Atlanta.
FRANCIS RAFFETTO
Of the Dallas News. (Recipe for a foileh verenik furnished upon request.)
VIDA GOLDGAR
Of the Southern Israelite.
TOMMY THOMPSON
Of WSB, Atlanta.
NATE ROBERTS and BERNARD BROWN
Of WGST, Atlanta.
HAL PARETS
Of KTTV, Los Angeles.
DAVE (The Pure American Voice) WEBSTER and MARY McGRAW
Of WQXT, Palm Beach.
OSCAR PETERSON and LUCKY THOMPSON
Two great jazzmen just a furge of a fifkin away from immortality, who could achieve it merely by recording an LP of my... the hell with it! I’m sick of begging.
******
And, of course,
NANCY BROWN
Of Plainfield, New Jersey.
(If your name wasn’t mentioned, there were valid reasons. Maybe you were a Don’t-Bee, ‘stead of a Doo-Bee, a Goofus and not a Gallant. But you have another chance because there’s a fourth and final Israel Bond thriller in the works. So take that Dial shower every morning, warm the world with your tingly MacLean’s smile and support your area National Educational Television station. I’ll hear about it, don’t worry. ‘Cause you see, P. F. Flyers fans, Uncle Sol really loves you. He just wants you to come up to his standards, that’s all.)
RONNIE AXE
In Memoriam.
SAM and CHAI SOORA WEINSTEIN, ELLIE, DAVID and JUDY WEINSTEIN, DR. and MRS. HOWARD FRIEDMAN, HARRY and BESS EISNER, STAN and RHODA EISNER, JOE E. LEWIS, DON and SANDY BARNETT, JACKIE (RATFINK ROOM) GANNON, LOUIE and CAROLE KAMER, WALT and MATTI MYERS, BEVERLEY GITHENS, LAURA LANE, SANDY LESBERG, DR. HERMAN CORN, DR. JULIUS SOBEL, IDA BLITMAN BOB BOOKER and GEORGE FOSTER, LOU JACOBI, MARJORIE RUTH BERNSTEIN, LINDA LATZ, SHIRLEY TABACKMAN, ART HOPPE, BOB and VICKI LANE. DICK and ANDY MATHEWS, HERBERT EDELMAN, SAM JACOBS, MRS. E. LAUREN HOWIE TEDDER, BOB TEDDER, WARREN RENSHAW, ALPHA EPSILON PI of EMORY U. and RABBI HERBERT HENDEL.
MR and MRS. I. (DICK) AXE, CAROLE AXE, MORT SLAKOFF, BILL LEWIS, AUSTIN MACK HANNAH GRATZ, JAMES R. LOWELL, MAX LERNER, ROSARA BERMAN, MRS. ABRAHAM E. WEINBERG, ETTA KLEINER, BILLY GARBER, JEFF KELLER, JOAN KARPINSKI, MARCELLA TRUDNAK, MR. and MRS. SID LUTZKER, TED and SYBIL COOPER, LEN and HELENA BOGARDE, DENIS P. DORSEY, LAWRENCE OKAMURA, LEO RUTKOFF, JACK and MARY SHERMAN, JACK and DORIS SHERMAN, JOSH SHERMAN, HARRY and JOHN HOLLAND, IRWIN and MARGIE WEINSTEIN JOHNNY COATES JR., JOHNNY COATES SR., BOB (SMOKEY) STOVER, IRWIN MOSES, ART SHAINES, JERRY NEELMAN, FRANK SADOFSKY, JAMES M. STILL JR., MARVIN and BERNIE BLUMENTHAL, HERB and SAM BLUMENTHAL, DANNY ROTH, BEN MELZER, STAN LEDERMAN, NEWMAN HOFFMAN, GEORGE GORDON, PAULA MELZER, JULIA HECKEL, MARILYNN FULTON and DR. BERNIE AMSTER.
EARL WILSON, SAMMY DAVIS, KARL BARRIE, MORTY GUNTY, LEE TULLY, SOUPY SALES, VIC LaVOLPE, DON and BEV PALMER, SAM PLUMERI, ROSE (SAM) DeWOLF, HARRY HARRIS, PAUL LEVINE, CLAIRE HUFF, WALT CANTER, STEVE FLANDERS, MAL WEST, MARK MONSKY, CIRO TORCHIA, KIRK NUROCK, CHUCK WIECHARD, ERIC COHEN, FRANK ZUBACK, BILL PETTIT, STEVE (“THE SCENE”) PAUL, SANDY OPPENHEIMER, BILL WINTERS and JACK (NIGHT TALK) McKINNEY. SY and MALVINA VOGEL, NATHAN A. FRIEDMAN, ESQ., MARV and MARSHA ROSENBERG, ARNIE SOMERS, STEVE SCHENKEL, FRED BERK, ALLEN DELIN, HARVEY and HARRIETT BLATT, LIPPY and SYLVIA EISNER, LEONARD G. FELDMAN, HARRIET HOROWITZ, SAM and BOOTSI COLODNY, MILTON LEVINE, BILL and LIL HOLSTEIN, MONIQUE VAUGEL, MARIO and MARGE PASCUCCI, NICK TOLKACH, ANN BOEKER, LEE J. MALTENFORT, LES ROBERTS, MIKE ROSENFELD and SUKEMASA YAGIHASHI and MICHIHIKO YAMATO, collegians.
SID SHLAK, LEON BROWN, JOE FRANKLIN, GODFREY (WEIGHT-WATCHER) CAMBRIDGE ED BROWN, JUDY EDELMAN, DEBBIE BAKER, CARMELA CANDELA, JACK CURTIS, JOEL DORN, LEN and NORA FISCHMAN, HARRY BOTOFF, BERNIE GOLDBERG, NEIL LEVENSON, DR. HOWARD LEVENSON, JULIUS (YUDEL) KAPLAN, IRWIN and HERBIE SPIEGEL, MARV HABAS, FRANK MARRERO, JIM TIGHE, DEBBIE MILLER, CHARLIE TRESKY, CHICK HALFON, FLORENCE FRIEDMAN, LENNIE WERKSTELL, FRAN SHANKIN, LILLIAN STUDNIA, WALT LAMOND, MARTIN and MIRIAM LAIBOW, KATHY MICHEL, LENNIE ORLAND, MEL (SHAKY) KUSHNER, METZ BERGER, ALVIN BERGER, SELMA FEGELSON, NORMAN LEIGHTON, BOB GOLDMAN, ARTHUR (TEN COPIES) AZARCHI, BUDDY (FLASH) MYERS, and JIM FRASCELLA of the A & P.
WILLIAM and DOLLY BANKS, JACK DASH, GEORGE WILSON, SID MARK, STEW CHASE, GEORGE LYLE, JIMMY CARTER, JOE HUNTER, BOB EVANS and RICK FRIEDMAN (all of WHAT-FM, Philadelphia), LOU DEITCH, NORMAN, PHYLLIS, MARK, DANA and JULIE SHAVIN.
CONG. CHARLES LONGSTREET WELTNER, DON TUCKER, BILL, MIKE and JEFF WILLIAMS, MR. and MRS. FORREST DUKE, LAURA TRACY, BOB JOYCE of KRAM, Vegas, DR. MICHAEL DEAN, COAST GUARD LT. COMDR. ED ARD, DR. and MRS. SEYMOUR LEDIS, BRUCE HUFF, MRS. DONALD L. RANSOM JR., PAMELA and GERALDINE LANDOU, PAUL S. HAYNIE, SID BRUMMEL, AL and THELMA BARON, CARL (KUSHELEH) ROSENTHAL, DAVID R. WEISMAN, PAUL DOBISH, RON LEVASSEUR, CHRISTIAN JACOBSEN, GEORGE COHEN, HUMPSIE and ABE FINKLE, MICKEY and HELEN DANER, GEORGE (JEEBEE) TEMKIN, LEW and EVELYN MARSHALL, KEN and CAROLE SYME, NORM and MARGE WEINSTEIN, LABRON SHUMAN (and his burnoose), and LINDA BILLINGTON.
JOE and CEIL BERKOWITZ, DR. RICHARD E. SELZNICK, LEN FEINBERG, LEON ROSENBERG, MEL (TWINKLE) STARR, IRWIN BODEE, WILLIE COHEN, MUFFY COHEN, HERBIE CLARK, NORM WISHNOW, JACK HAVESON, EUGENE HAVESON, LEN (FLOPPY) SWERDLOW, HERMAN KRAHN, HERB BRODY, JOE BELLITZ, MEYER BLOOM, JERRY HEYMAN, IRVING BUDDINE, RABBI WILLIAM FIERVERKER, ARLENE BERLIN, WALLACE WEINSTEIN, WARREN REDNOR, JERRY REDNOR, ABBIE BASH, IZZY POLLACK, RED NUSSBLATT, JOE ROGOFF, SHARKY ROSENTHAL, ACE AARONSON, TEDDY SNYDER, BARRY SNYDER, LON FRIEDMAN, GIL SUSSMAN, LOUISE STARK, ALAN HARRIS, BOB COWART, WILLIAM M. COWAN, MARC DROGIN, JEFFREY BYERLY, LEWIS LIPPIN, DR. EDWARD JAFFEE, RABBI BENJAMIN SINCOFF, CLEVELAND AMORY, ART ABRAMSOHN, JACK SHAW, and DAVE WISNIA.
ROBERT PINCUS, BILL and TURK TASHLIK, MAURICE POTOSKY, MRS. NELLIE GOETTEL, LARRY FUCHSBERG, CECE DANTZIG, MAX YOUNG, MARK, DIANA, SHIRA and MICHAEL GOLDMAN, BILL (VELVEL) SCHULMAN, BENNIE KEINER, SAMMY MORRIS, LARRY GELMAN, JACK and FRANCES ROSENBERG, JACK and SOPHIE ROSENBERG, DAVID NYMAN, DAVID VAN METER, CAROLE WOLFORD, SHYRLEE DALLARD, JOHN CARTER of A.G.A.C., VIC WOOLF, MRS. KIM MARSH, JOAN ALBERT of the Fontainebleau, PHIL ZELT, MO JAFFE and SGT. RICHARD LIPSHUTZ. PAUL GALLAGHER, EDDIE GOLDSTEIN, SAM BUSHMAN, HILDE SIMMONS, CONNIE KRATZOK, GWENDA TALENS, HAROLD (HESHY) STRAUSE, JOE and CHARLOTTE NASSAU, JERRY and MURIEL HIMMEL, JOSEPH McNAMARA, MAURY LEVY, MATT SLEEPER, MOISHE and BOOMIE SEGAL, IRV KERN, DR. LEONARD PHILLIPS, ARNOLD TOMOR, ISRAEL (COKE) RUBIN, DR. MILTON PALAT, DR. GEORGE ISAACSON, DR. ARNOLD KIMMEL, MARTIN and MINNA SAVAR, ABE and JERRY HERSH, ANDY FLAGER, BUS SAIDT, YALE RABINOWITZ, SAUL ROSSIEN, MILTON FEINBERG, PHIL (FIFEL) BLOOM, NATE, SAM and FRED MELMAN, TEDDY FLAER, PHIL MILLSTEIN, IRV DANA, NORMAN STERN, HARVEY STERN, SHIRLEY MERRIMAN, and NICK MEGLIN.
JACK (ELEPHANT BOY) WALSH, BARRY REISMAN, MELVIN KARTZMER, LEON KARTZMER, CHARLIE PAPIER, DONNIE PAPIER, BARBARA SYKES, MOLLY LEVINE, JOE CANNON, HAZEL SWEENEY, ROGER GLACKIN, CLAIRE MILLER, MR. and MRS. GERRY FINN, BENNIE MOSKOWITZ and JULES RESNICK.
MRS. HELEN MEYNER, HAROLD MAY, BOB BURTON, JIM POWERS, JACK HELSEL, J. WELLINGTON PIDCOCK, HORACE GREELEY McNAB, COUSIN DAVE GOMBERG, DAVE (OLDTIMER) HORWITZ, RON SCOTT, CHRIS WINNER, GABE ROSEN, CARL (KIVVY) ABROMOVITZ, DR. LEWIS HIRSH, SCOTTY MOSOVICH, MAYNARD BARKER, BOB AMOROS, SAM (TAMMI) KAPLAN, JACKIE and ARNOLD HODES, DAVE PITASKY, DAVE, WILLIE and MENDY KRAVITZ, JOE BERGER, JERRY, SIDNEY, MARTY, RALPH, ALFRED and IVAN POPKIN, IRV WARACH, ELI WARACH, ROBERT OLINSKY, BENNY OLINSKY, LOUIE OLINSKY, MILTON OLINSKY, IRV OLIN, CHARLIE BYER, RABBI WILLIAM, NATIE, JERRY and SIDNEY GORDON, JACKIE and WALTER HARRISON, WALT BELLAK, JACK POLLACK, PAT POLLACK, PAUL CAGAN, HARVEY SILK, MARK LITOWITZ, HARRY ZOLTICK, ALLAN and WALLY PLAPINGER, ERWIN WAINER, HYMAN (COWBOY) BALITZ, SHELDON SEAVEY, ZIGGY WALDMAN, CLYDE LEIB, EMIL SLABODA, HARVEY YAVENER, JOE LOGUE, EDDIE GOLDEN, ED (DUFFY) RAMSEY, EDDIE SOLAN, STEVE MERVISH and GEORGE MOLDOVAN. MURRAY BURNETT, BOB MENEFEE, TED REINHART, MIKE McGRADY, ABEL GREEN, NORMA NANNINI, BILL KARDALEY, ANDY ETTINGER, NATE ROBERTS, NORM BROOKS, ELAINE BELK, DURWARD EARLY, BERT and MIKE WEILAND, MARK VAN BROOKS, TOMMY THOMPSON, BETTY STEVENS, JAY (FINE SWISS WATCHES) GOLD, SYLVIA MANDELL, B. A. BERGMAN, FRANK BROOKHOUSER, WAYNE and AGNES ROBINSON, DAVID and STEVE KUSHELOFF, MURRAY, MARILYN, DEBBY and HOLLY ARNOLD, FREDERICK WERTHEIMER, AL FINGERMAN, HY and MARILYN GARDNER, FLORENCE BLOCK, DAVE WEST, CHARLIE SCOTT, EARL JOSEPHSON, MURRAY FISHER, JULI BAINBRIDGE, SHELDON WAX, ED, ROSE, WENDY and STEVEN BURTON, BOBBY DARIN, DON BARBER, TEDDI LEVISON, MICKIE SILVERSTEIN, RALPH COLLIER, BILL STRETCH, STEVE O’KEEFE, COL. CHARLES GREGG, CHARLIE PETZOLD, DON SCOTT, RUTH OLIS, FRANK MULLOY, HILDA SHIVERS, BOB RITCHIE, HOWARD MacDOUGALL, RALPH PEARL, JOE STEAD, FRANK WATRING, BOB (BOOKSTORES) CRAIG, BILL LINK and DICK LEVINSON, and SID and BUNNY SHORE.
MERV GRIFFIN and TONY GAROFALO, RUBE VERIN, BEN GRAFF, CHARLIE HERB and AL AMBERG of RUBE’S BARBER SHOP, Levittown, Pa., FRANK BISANZIO, LOU EMANUEL, EARL GEORGE of A.F.T.R.A., RON POLAO, LOU SCHEINFELD and JAY SARNO, JIMMIE (THE GREEK) SNYDER, RON AMOS, NATHAN JACOBSON, DAVID VICTORSON and MAURY, MURIEL and BRUCE STEVENS of Caesar’s Palace, Vegas. JOHN HUEGHNERGARTH, artist, MR. and MRS. JERRY GAGHAN, SID SHUCKER, GEORGE BLAISDELL, JACK McCUTCHEON, LEWIS CHARLES WENDELL JR., JERRY VERBEL, WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS, FLORENCE LONDONER, DR. JULES K. LEVY, JERRY SCHLOSS, ROBERT (LAUGHTRACK) PEET, BERNARD ZELL, MICHAEL SPOLL, APRIL AARONS, ISADORE SOLOVAY, MARTY MOSKOWITZ, JANE SCHULZE, CY and CLAIRE NEIBURG, JACK and BARBARA GILL, BARBARA KELLMAN, DON PHILLIPS, TOM (CONTACT, KYW-TV, Philly) SNYDER, DONALD E. KNOX, STAN BERK, DIANE ACTMAN, JIM TATE, and DR. WALDO FIELDING, ART MOGER, GEORGE ESTES, AL SHERMAN, MILT YAKUS, MIKE REINGOLD, GEORGE ROBERTS, DAVID HOFF, IRA GOLDBLATT, RICHARD C. JACOBS, AL KORN, JESS CAIN and LENNY MEYERS of the TUB THUMPERS, Boston.
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