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We have several TV's in our home and last night I happen to be watching the Roku TV and I saw that the Milton Berle Show was on, so I thought I would take a peak. Milton came out and fully dressed like a Southern Belle. I remember that he was always dressing in women's clothing like Flip Wilson also did. I was between 5-8 at that time.

What I wondered about was that Uncle Miltie, as he was called back in the day, did dress in female attire quite often. I was wondering if he may have been a cross dresser or what some call a transvestite. Hollywood was weird back then just like it is now. I did enjoy watching the Texaco singers that start the show. That brought back a lot of memories. Mom, Dad and me sitting and watching the evening TV shows. My sister never watched TV, except for American Bandstand. It was on every weekday between 4 and 5. She knew a lot of the kids' names.
 

oldman said:
... I saw that the Milton Berle Show .... I remember that he was always dressing in women's clothing .
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I don't remember him doing that but I can tell you that I don't like him. He's suppose to be a comedian, right? You know, making jokes and making people laugh. Well, Richard Pryor (he's good!) really pushed Berle's buttons!

 
oldman said:
We have several TV's in our home and last night I happen to be watching the Roku TV and I saw that the Milton Berle Show was on, so I thought I would take a peak. Milton came out and fully dressed like a Southern Belle. I remember that he was always dressing in women's clothing like Flip Wilson also did. I was between 5-8 at that time.

What I wondered about was that Uncle Miltie, as he was called back in the day, did dress in female attire quite often. I was wondering if he may have been a cross dresser or what some call a transvestite. Hollywood was weird back then just like it is now. I did enjoy watching the Texaco singers that start the show. That brought back a lot of memories. Mom, Dad and me sitting and watching the evening TV shows. My sister never watched TV, except for American Bandstand. It was on every weekday between 4 and 5. She knew a lot of the kids' names.
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No, I don't think so. He'd do anything for a laugh, and in those days that was very funny. He was an awful ham, but slapstick was still very much in vogue. I remember watching his "Texaco Star Theater" from when we got our first TV in 1949. Remember the running gag: "Make up!!"... Then someone would come running out with a huge powder puff and blast Miltie in the face.

Later I saw him in some dramatic roles (e.g. The Loved One), and he was a good serious actor.
 
Tommy said:
I fondly remember that program from the 1950s and '60s. I could be mistaken but I seem to recall that one of their sponsors was Leonard Gasoline. :)
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Leonard for sure, maybe Crystal Flash as well?

I actually got into one segment as a kid. Visiting the DNR station in Cedar Springs, Mort Neff and crew rolled in. Mort had me hold up a pheasant for the camera. Family still mentions watching that episode.
 
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This MG, known as The Y-Type, was designed in 1936. The coming of WW2 meant that all factories were commandeered for war effort. When car production resumed all that was available was The Y-Type, that's why a post war car looks pre-war. Production ran from 1947 through until 1952.

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dilettante said:
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Ha! I drove a 1951 Studebaker that looked almost identical to this one, including the powder blue paint.

The thing was a tank, and had no power steering, which took some strength to steer...😦

Later I had a '52 Kaiser Manhattan, which was a great car. After 2 years the timing chain broke, so I sold it to a guy for $125. Wish I still had it!!
 

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