tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4854226655022250252..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: EP243: The art of “Warm Up.”By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61883214525817044512021-09-24T08:39:26.630-07:002021-09-24T08:39:26.630-07:00Nice interview. He had that old school personalit...Nice interview. He had that old school personality. A real fun podcast. Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12184976419647625782021-09-24T00:44:35.072-07:002021-09-24T00:44:35.072-07:00Good segment. I especially liked Mr. Perlow's ...Good segment. I especially liked Mr. Perlow's impersonation of Garry Marshall. <br /><br />In the sixties, Jackie Gleason used to fly announcer Johnny Olson, warm-up man extraordinaire, down to Miami each week for Gleason's variety show. Supposedly, Gleason wouldn't step on stage until Olson had talked to the audience. This was at a time when Olson was working three or four Goodson-Todman panel and game shows in New York ("What's My Line?," "To Tell the Truth," etc.) Someone said that once you saw Johnny Olson warm up an audience, you'd applaud a potato sack race.Kevin FitzMauricenoreply@blogger.com