# Late vaudville, radio and early talkies – Rose Marie

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 12, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-vaudville-radio-and-early-talkies-rose-marie/609261 "2012-01-12T05:17:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-vaudville-radio-and-early-talkies-rose-marie/609261/21 "2012-01-15T19:37:18Z")

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After listening to that Sally Swing clip, I have to say that Rose Marie is a case study in the long-term damage smoking does to the vocal cords.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-vaudville-radio-and-early-talkies-rose-marie/609261/22 "2012-01-15T20:41:27Z")

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> [@DMark](#):
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> Well then, it must have been a pain in the ass to go to work at the Dick Van Dyke Show in those days. In college I met a guy whose uncle was Morey Amsterdam (Buddy on the show) and he said his Uncle Morey was a royal prick and a right-wing fanatic as well.

Jesus, next you’ll be telling me Jerry and Millie were Klan members!

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