Love it..... life was so much simpler then..... my dad was the organist for many local shows during the 50s and early 60s before his Time For Uncle Paul Show......
Fanny Brice had talent and style. She could sing ballads or act comedy rings around any child. I'm crazy about this lady. She died so young, Thank you for making it possible to watch her only performance on TV, Yery close tp I Love Lucy. Personally I think Fanny would have it over Lucy...
"Around any child"? That's not saying much is it? Are you referring to when she was a child or when she was acting like a child while playing Snooks? LoL.
RIP Fanny Brice. Fanny died of a cerebral hemmorage in May 1951 at age 59. Too bad they didn't provide cast credits. Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks is obvious. Announcer Bob LeMond is credited at the end; he's likely to be the Popsicle salesman too. In radio Daddy was played by Hanley Stafford.
"POPSICLE PARADE OF STARS" was seen on CBS' Monday night schedule from May through July 1950, at 7:45pm(et), with a different guest star performing their "specialty" [Groucho Marx made his TV debut on a "POPSICLE" telecast the month before]. This was also Fanny's only attempt to bring "Baby Snooks" to TV. She continued to appear as her on radio, but decided against further TV appearances. She died in May 1951.
Vivia Boe she died shortly after this??? She looks young... I always knew this was an older woman playing this role but she still looks young for an older person.
It aired LIVE in Los Angeles on June 12, 1950. Because there was no "coaxial cable" enabling coast-to-coast live telecasts until September 1951, this kinescope was seen on the East Coast a week later, on June 19, 1950.
Omg... that’s exactly how I thought daddy would look! Thanks for posting this. I’ve listened to OTR for years and never knew this existed. Dude could’ve helped daddy out by saying the rabbit WASNT for sale.. lol
This Commercial is SO interesting and funny 😂 I didn’t know they had Popsicle way back then! Also I only heard of Fanny Brice from the new movie “Can You Ever Forgive Me” 😊
How ironic that Fanny Brice died at only 59 in 1951 - a mere 10 years before Barbra Streisand came on the scene. Brice would have only been in her early 70s when FUNNY GIRL opened. Streisand was once quoted as saying one of the few people of the past she would have loved to have met was Brice. That might have been one hell of a meeting of the minds!
marilyn michaels played fanny in the national tour of funny girl. BS beat her out for the broadway version. don't know why. marilyn could look and act more like her any day of the week. maybe because MM did hers in more of a tribute fashion whereas BS was playing herself trying to be fanny.
@@steveb1164 In the 1940s, they were talking about doing Brice's biography in a Broadway play, and Fanny wanted Joan Davis to play her. But Davis died in the early 1960s.
This is a treat of watching radio stars on early Television programs. Radio was still listened to by the majority of people in the early 1950s but Television was a new medium for people to enjoy. Radio stars such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Red Skelton were able to conquer the new medium but sadly people such as Fred Allen and Fanny Brice didn't succeed. Well at least we have this video that shows how Radio stars looked. Fanny Brice was very funny but she looked too old acting as a little girl. Hey, she was a brilliant comedian , I really enjoyed the old time radio Baby Snooks show. Please listen to it and use your imagination as Fanny Brice plays a mischievous little girl.
As an otr fan this is gold for me to see! But it does work better on radio! What they should've done is make some Snooks cartoons. That way the character could still be a little girl!
I THANK GOD THAT RECORDINGS OF ALL KINDS WERE SO MUCH BETTER THAN IN THE 20'S JUST AWFUL ITS A SHAME FOR THE GOOD SINGERS ETC. FANNY HAD A LOVELY VOICE GRACEN COMEDY AND STYLE WHEN SHE WANTED IT
Truly the Golden Age of television. Sad what's become of today's TV -- most of it utter garbage and commercials ad nauseum! Remember when shows had one sponsor and more show than commercial?
Had Fanny lived she may have had her own series but it may not have run long. Her career may have ended in the 50's. With Funny Girl coming in the early 60's she may have made guest appearances but by the 70's she may have died.
The radio show did not transition well into television. People's imagination of of how Baby Snooks should appear didn't match with an adult woman trying to act like a little girl.
Using an innocent family channel to talk about evolution is horrible! As if man kind actually came from “apes”, smh.. We were made in Gods image, not some animals. What’s sad is the character playing the “father” doesn’t even try to give baby snooks the correct answer but just says he doesn’t care what the answer is (some good father!). I feel bad for all of those kids in the past watching and being shown and taught that garbage.. As for the show, I understand the humor of the time and why this would appeal to them in the past but she’s too tall. She’s as tall as her father, it just looks like a grown woman (obviously) pretending to be a baby not an actual toddler the way her character is trying to portray. I get for radio this might work because they only hear her voice, but not as a show. Maybe have her in a baby carriage or something so she is not taller than the man. I’ll admit she’s pretty good at playing a toddler but seeing it is just weird. She looks more like a grandmother then a baby! Like an old, outspoken, crotchety old woman. That might have been better to portray. I’m glad I got to see her though (to see her acting skills). You can tell she worked hard to try and make this work.
I don't think it's grotesque so much as it is a little weird seeing a woman almost 60 playing a little girl. You've got to admit though, she does a good job at it!
Fanny did this show as a one-shot experiment to see if Baby Snooks would work on TV. Reportedly, she was not happy with the result, so she stayed on radio with the character. It is a shame that she didn't go on The Ed Sullivan Show as herself singing "Second Hand Rose" and "My Man".
I don't think it's all that bad, really. TV was just getting started, so, yeah, it's not quite the quality it would soon be. If Fanny was unhappy about the result and had lived longer, 14 years more, she would have seen she had paved the way for funny ladies such as Carol Burnett (who probably would have had her on her show). I'm also sure that Ed Sullivan would have had her on his show as well ... MANY times. Fanny was LEGEND.
Ok Fanny Brice is a nice woman who died young man people are annoying even I’m annoying sometimes but you should not say this kind of stuff like if I did this to you when you were dead you would not like it the lesson you have learned is to treat people the way you want to be treated
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So much of early television wasn't preserved, so it's kind of this gem survives. Thanks for sharing it.
I just saw 'Funny Girl' for the first time and had to check out some Fanny Brice videos...thanks for posting!!
Love it..... life was so much simpler then..... my dad was the organist for many local shows during the 50s and early 60s before his Time For Uncle Paul Show......
As a parent i can imagine my grandparents thinking “crap, now i have to endure high pitched whistling all damn day. Perfect” lol
Fanny Brice had talent and style. She could sing ballads or act comedy rings around any child. I'm crazy about this lady. She died so young, Thank you for making it possible to watch her only performance on TV, Yery close tp I Love Lucy. Personally I think Fanny would have it over Lucy...
"Around any child"? That's not saying much is it? Are you referring to when she was a child or when she was acting like a child while playing Snooks? LoL.
What a rare treat. Thanks for posting. And yes, we DID sing along, and yes, I DID redeem popsicle wrappers for gifts!
RIP Fanny Brice. Fanny died of a cerebral hemmorage in May 1951 at age 59. Too bad they didn't provide cast credits. Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks is obvious. Announcer Bob LeMond is credited at the end; he's likely to be the Popsicle salesman too. In radio Daddy was played by Hanley Stafford.
Wow! Fanny Brice's only TV appearance? She died shortly after or we'd have much more. Thanks for this rare gem!! I love her!!
"POPSICLE PARADE OF STARS" was seen on CBS' Monday night schedule from May through July 1950, at 7:45pm(et), with a different guest star performing their "specialty" [Groucho Marx made his TV debut on a "POPSICLE" telecast the month before]. This was also Fanny's only attempt to bring "Baby Snooks" to TV. She continued to appear as her on radio, but decided against further TV appearances. She died in May 1951.
She died on May 29, 1951.
She was 58 years old here!
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Vivia Boe she died shortly after this??? She looks young... I always knew this was an older woman playing this role but she still looks young for an older person.
Wow thank you for posting. I love this.
It aired LIVE in Los Angeles on June 12, 1950. Because there was no "coaxial cable" enabling coast-to-coast live telecasts until September 1951, this kinescope was seen on the East Coast a week later, on June 19, 1950.
Omg... that’s exactly how I thought daddy would look! Thanks for posting this. I’ve listened to OTR for years and never knew this existed.
Dude could’ve helped daddy out by saying the rabbit WASNT for sale.. lol
This Commercial is SO interesting and funny 😂 I didn’t know they had Popsicle way back then! Also I only heard of Fanny Brice from the new movie “Can You Ever Forgive Me” 😊
How ironic that Fanny Brice died at only 59 in 1951 - a mere 10 years
before Barbra Streisand came on the scene. Brice would have only
been in her early 70s when FUNNY GIRL opened. Streisand was
once quoted as saying one of the few people of the past she would
have loved to have met was Brice. That might have been one hell
of a meeting of the minds!
They seem so alike. It's uncanny
She would've loved the film. I wish she lived to see it
marilyn michaels played fanny in the national tour of funny girl. BS beat her out for the broadway version. don't know why. marilyn could look and act more like her any day of the week. maybe because MM did hers in more of a tribute fashion whereas BS was playing herself trying to be fanny.
bigred997 The national tours don’t come until after its already on Broadway, so it was Barbra’s role first, she didn’t beat out or replace anybody.
@@steveb1164 In the 1940s, they were talking about doing Brice's biography in a Broadway play, and Fanny wanted Joan Davis to play her. But Davis died in the early 1960s.
Ironic is that while Funny Girl catapulted Barbra into super stardom. It was Barbra that made people remember Fanny Brice as a Star.
This is a treat of watching radio stars on early Television programs. Radio was still listened to by the majority of people in the early 1950s but Television was a new medium for people to enjoy. Radio stars such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Red Skelton were able to conquer the new medium but sadly people such as Fred Allen and Fanny Brice didn't succeed. Well at least we have this video that shows how Radio stars looked. Fanny Brice was very funny but she looked too old acting as a little girl. Hey, she was a brilliant comedian , I really enjoyed the old time radio Baby Snooks show. Please listen to it and use your imagination as Fanny Brice plays a mischievous little girl.
Now I want a Popsicle
As an otr fan this is gold for me to see! But it does work better on radio! What they should've done is make some Snooks cartoons. That way the character could still be a little girl!
I agree, and from what I ave heard so did Brice. Interestingly Snooks started as a character in a weekly comic strip before it was on radio.
Surely I'm not the only one that can see Fanny Brice's influence on Jerry Lewis ?
"Daddy" looks younger than "Baby Snooks"!
He was by about eight years.
Funny Girl 1968 and the 1975 sequel Funny Lady bore no resemblance to the life of Fanny Brice and her true story. That's the film I'd like to see.
She was hilarious!
Brice's Baby Snooks show ran on radio from 1937 til her death in 1951.
Incidentally, this script was adapted from the one Phil Rapp wrote for Fanny and Hanley on radio's "GOOD NEWS OF 1939" [October 20, 1938].
I would've loved to have seen her appear opposite Lucille Ball on " I Love Lucy! "
Many wont recognize or know of BABY SNOOKS fanny brice
I THANK GOD THAT RECORDINGS OF ALL KINDS WERE SO MUCH BETTER THAN IN THE 20'S JUST AWFUL ITS A SHAME FOR THE GOOD SINGERS ETC. FANNY HAD A LOVELY VOICE GRACEN COMEDY AND STYLE WHEN SHE WANTED IT
Betty Boop brought me here.
Snooks baby, You're a... baby! Never grow up.
This was before the Korean War.
Truly the Golden Age of television. Sad what's become of today's TV -- most of it utter garbage and commercials ad nauseum! Remember when shows had one sponsor and more show than commercial?
Had Fanny lived she may have had her own series but it may not have run long. Her career may have ended in the 50's. With Funny Girl coming in the early 60's she may have made guest appearances but by the 70's she may have died.
Popsicle is “ wholesome”!!! Yeah ok:)
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Why was this her only TV appearance? I loved Fanny Brice!
She died in 1951, just as TV was taking off.
I read that it was her only tv appearance because she didn't like the way she came off on tv.
I don’t think it was. There’s a video of her and Judy Garland doing a scene too
@@nater6790 That was in a movie. This is her only tv appearance. I have an original publicity photo from that tv appearance.
@@circusbrains Looks like Video Killed the Radio Star, indeed.
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All though her character was annoying, I have to give Ms Brice a thumbs up for having ALOT of "noive!"
Whatever happened tp all those slidatone rings? This show looks like a 50s infomercial.
DDLG?
Did the popsicle company really expect people to sing along? It wasn't exactly a catchy jingle lol...
lolita
Creepy as hell.
Funny Girl obviously wasn’t Fanny Brice, come on. Apples and Oranges.
The radio show did not transition well into television. People's imagination of of how Baby Snooks should appear didn't match with an adult woman trying to act like a little girl.
Popsicle.... Healthy... I don't think so! Didn't Barbra Streisand talk about eating these in the cinema?
Gra Piken I said the same thing when they said “ popsicle, wholesome!” Yeah right.
They said hollsome
@@SkallGam3r I rolled in laughter!!! I was like the Food and Drug Administration haven't been founded yet to stop this misinformation!
Using an innocent family channel to talk about evolution is horrible! As if man kind actually came from “apes”, smh.. We were made in Gods image, not some animals. What’s sad is the character playing the “father” doesn’t even try to give baby snooks the correct answer but just says he doesn’t care what the answer is (some good father!). I feel bad for all of those kids in the past watching and being shown and taught that garbage.. As for the show, I understand the humor of the time and why this would appeal to them in the past but she’s too tall. She’s as tall as her father, it just looks like a grown woman (obviously) pretending to be a baby not an actual toddler the way her character is trying to portray. I get for radio this might work because they only hear her voice, but not as a show. Maybe have her in a baby carriage or something so she is not taller than the man. I’ll admit she’s pretty good at playing a toddler but seeing it is just weird. She looks more like a grandmother then a baby! Like an old, outspoken, crotchety old woman. That might have been better to portray. I’m glad I got to see her though (to see her acting skills). You can tell she worked hard to try and make this work.
She must have been good in vaudeville, but on TV or the movie screen that woman is grotesque.
Give it a rest you nasty little troll !
I disagree.
I don't think it's grotesque so much as it is a little weird seeing a woman almost 60 playing a little girl.
You've got to admit though, she does a good job at it!
She's grotesque.
Yes. She was hilarious! She was also a very beautiful woman. She didn't get into Ziegfeld Follies for being a homely hag.
youre grotesque
Anything you have to say can wait until you're smarter.
Fanny Brice was a famous and beloved entertainer. But this is cringeworthy.
Fanny did this show as a one-shot experiment to see if Baby Snooks would work on TV. Reportedly, she was not happy with the result, so she stayed on radio with the character. It is a shame that she didn't go on The Ed Sullivan Show as herself singing "Second Hand Rose" and "My Man".
I don't think it's all that bad, really. TV was just getting started, so, yeah, it's not quite the quality it would soon be. If Fanny was unhappy about the result and had lived longer, 14 years more, she would have seen she had paved the way for funny ladies such as Carol Burnett (who probably would have had her on her show). I'm also sure that Ed Sullivan would have had her on his show as well ... MANY times. Fanny was LEGEND.
The humor of this period is really painfully bad. Ouch. Fanny Brice is just annoying.
And you are truly annoying in your ignorance
You haven’t been on TikTok have you? That’s cringy and annoying.
Ok Fanny Brice is a nice woman who died young man people are annoying even I’m annoying sometimes but you should not say this kind of stuff like if I did this to you when you were dead you would not like it the lesson you have learned is to treat people the way you want to be treated