Comments on: Vaudeville Urban Legends Revealed #1

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:08:47 +0000

Thanks, Sharrie, I’ll fix that!

By: Sharrieboberry

Sharrieboberry — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:36:35 +0000

That particular picture is not Lucille Mulhall. It is more likely that it is Lucille’s sister, Agnes. It’s a great picture–just not Lucille.

By: Ed Buskirk Jr.

Ed Buskirk Jr. — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:48:31 +0000

In case anyone reading these comments wonders what Basara549 is talking about, Albert Brooks real name is Albert Einstein, and his brother is Super Dave Osborn.

By: Callum Shaw

Callum Shaw — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:47:27 +0000

Buster Keaton’s gansta, like Chaplin mixed with Jackie Chan. I’d heard this story of him getting named by Houdini and agree with you that it’s probably false. Thanks for letting this inquiring mind know!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:41:59 +0000

Amusing that the only information about Rogers’s feat is what you could read in the papers.

By: Basara549

Basara549 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:26:42 +0000

Speaking of names, there’s probably a good story about Albert Brooks, his parents and his brother, concerning their names. IIRC, the parents were stars of the waning days of Vaudeville (as radio and the earliest days of TV began offering alternative outlets and venues).

They gave the kids their real last name as opposed to their stage monikers – which probably had a hand in their choosing stage names for themselves, when they went into show business – Heck, “Brook’s” brother Bob is best known by the name of a comedic pratfall (and scenes where the camera is stopped to replace him with a dummy, to get mangled) character, that even got its own cartoon show. And, Well, if you had to go to school with Al’s REAL last name, especially when paired with his first name, you’d want to change names too….