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DOODLES WEAVER
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Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver (May 11, 1911 – January 17, 1983) was an American comedian on radio and television. He was the brother of NBC-TV executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver and the uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver. Born in Los Angeles, Weaver attended Stanford University, where he was a contributor to the Stanford Chaparral humor magazine. After he signed on as a member of Spike Jones's band, the City Slickers, in 1946, he was heard on Jones's 1946-49 radio shows. He toured the country with the Spike Jones Music Depreciation Revue until 1951. The radio programs were often broadcast from cities where the Revue was staged. His satire of horse race announcers (William Tell Overture) received continual airplay ("It's Girdle in the stretch! Locomotive is on the rail! Apartment House is second with plenty of room! It's Cabbage by a head!"), segueing into an impression of the gravelly-voiced Clem McCarthy, who forgets whether he's covering a horse race or a boxing match. The race features an apparent nag called "Feetlebaum", who begins at long odds, runs almost the entire race a distant last--and yet suddenly emerges as the winner. Weaver also portrayed a character in the Jones troupe called Professor Feetlebaum. Part of the Professor's schtick was mixing up words and sentences in various songs and recitations, as if he were suffering from myopia and/or dyslexia. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
