Brian,
Enjoyed reading your article on Walter Tetley’s last years, but man oh man, you have GOT to take a listen to his work on The Great Gildersleeve and The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show to really appreciate how good an actor he was! If you (or anyone reading this) have not heard these great old time radio shows, you are missing out on Walter’s BEST work, bar none.
Both shows can be found on Napster, or via old time radio show dealers, but on the net, run don’t walk to:
…for The Great Gildersleeve Project, which always has three or four episodes of GG available for downloading at any time. Prime Tetley work and a great show.
BUT — as much as I love Gildersleeve, I must admit that Walter’s work as “Julius Abrusio” on the Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show is absolutely, bar none, best character work of all. “Julius” is the ultimate brash, crass, pugnacious bullying whippersnapper you’ll ever come across. Search until you find some episodes of this great show — you will be amply rewarded!
kylistener
Thanks, James! We sure are getting lots of mail, lately, about how great the Great Gildersleeve really was……..and the Phil Harris and Alice Faye show too……..there have even been some emails, like that, that we have not published………so there are quite a few, to be sure!
Yeah, I know!…….I’ve just got to listen to some portions of those shows, if not an entire show, sometime. I thank you for the websites. Up to now I did not have them. When things get a little less busy, for me, I will make sure to listen to them and enjoy.
Thanks, man!!
Brian