Showing posts with label 1945. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1945. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Article insinuates Idelson was Rush in '46 but not '45

The mystery of Bill Idelson as Rush in the 1945 and 1946 years seems to have cleared up a bit with this article:

http://books.google.com/books?id=9hkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT4&dq=Bill+idelson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7GBbUffuMIHY9QSLtoHADA&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCThG
The last paragraph says Idelson (who WAS IN HOLLYWOOD) will TAKE OVER his old role - meaning someone else has been playing his role.  And as was noted just a few days ago, that was Johnny Coons.

It now seems safe to say that Idelson played Rush in the 1946 season.

Monday, April 1, 2013

1945-46 was Rush Gook really Johnny Coons?

It breaks my heart to even hear this and relay this news to you.  It may not be true but I'm afraid it probably is.

In the interview (below) actor Hugh Studebaker is a bit confused, no doubt, but he isn't so confused to remember that Johnny Coons played Rush in either 1945 or 1946 and perhaps both those years and series.  (You'll notice that there is no talk of Bill Idelson in this brief interview.)

This was the time after the original series and the series had changed sponsors and networks and had included many "real characters," including Studebaker as Rishigan Fishigan.

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