From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   Joseph Nebus wrote:   
   > 	I know in some experiment, possibly a short, Tom Servo answered   
   > some character standing in front of a bland background and singing,   
   > o/` Ed Sul-li-van o/` ... which I took to be one of those many strange   
   > things that just happens.   
   >   
   > 	And then on Turner Classic Movies I came across a moment of the   
   > Dick Van Dyke/Ann Margrock/Janet Leigh vehicle _Bye Bye Birdie_, with a   
   > bit where for some reason the guy who does Mildew Wolf's voice sings an   
   > angel-filled chorus to the notion of appearing on Ed Sullivan.   
   >   
   > 	So now I know what the reference was.  And now I've got no idea   
   > which episode it was had the reference.   
      
   Pretty frequently used riff--   
   QV. Mrs. Claus saying, "Oh, are we on TV?" at the beginning of "Santa   
   Claus Conquers the Martians"   
      
   Can't recall offhand how many times it may have been used in "The   
   Beatniks", however.   
      
   Derek Janssen ("He's my favorite human being.")   
   ejanss1@verizon.net   
      
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