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Sep 8, 2017 · The characters of John and Blanche Bickerson were created by comedy writer Phil Rapp (who also had a hand in the evolution of Fanny Brice’s alter ego, Baby Snooks), and were inspired by the real-life squabbling that frequently erupted between himself and his wife Mary.
Philip Rapp (March 26, 1907 – January 23, 1996) was a film and television director and screenwriter. He wrote for Eddie Cantor and, for a brief period, wrote film scripts for Danny Kaye. Rapp was the creator of Baby Snooks and The Bickersons. He died on January 23, 1996, in Beverly Hills, California.
husband and wife battles on radio. Written and created by Philip Rapp, the Bickersons had a career that spanned 30 years. They appeared as a radio skit on shows like The Chase and Sanborn Hour and Drene Time, then conquered television with Star Time in 1950. They've sold millions of Columbia Records, been installed in numerous
Jan 25, 1996 · Then again, he had to say something like that, his son Joel noted yesterday, since, as his father also made clear, the Bickerson sketches were based on Mr. Rapp's exchanges with his wife, Mary,...
The Bickersons was created by Philip Rapp, the one-time Eddie Cantor writer who had also created the Fanny Brice skits (for The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air and Maxwell House Coffee Time) that grew into radio's Baby Snooks.
Mar 26, 2017 · This is an impossible task, for he shares his bed with his wife Blanche—played by vocalist Frances Langford—who’s determined to have her say. The Bickersons sketches also featured an up-and-coming Danny Thomas in the role of Blanche’s ne’er-do-well brother Amos.
Jan 24, 1996 · Philip Rapp, the writer, director and producer who created the legendary 1940s radio comedy couple known as the “Battling Bickersons” portrayed by Don Ameche and Frances Langford, died Tuesday.
