Talk:Jackie Vernon (comedian)

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The liner notes of his album "Jackie Vernon - A Man and his watermelon" report that Jackie Vernon was born on Friday the 13th, in 1929, in NY City. This differs from the date in this article. Which is correct? WES

• It's entirely possible he was just being funny, since both Friday the 13th and the year 1929 are associated with disaster. Wahkeenah 22:59, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• Normally you would give the month you were born in, not the day of the week. Tex 18:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Friday the 13th, 1929, is not very helpful. September and December 1929 both had Friday 13ths. -- Naaman Brown (talk) 01:46, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Hitchhiker Joke out of order

The lines to the hitchhiker joke seem out of order. It makes no sense. He would have had to have the hitchhiker already in the car when he went out to get the coins. Also, the rendition is better if the hitchhiker is mentioned in the beginning, then comes back surprisingly at the end.AtomAnt (talk) 13:14, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

There may be more than one transcript of that routine. Here's a version of the vacation slide routine from Jackie Vernon's appearance on the Dean Martin show for 28 Dec 1967:

• Here I am at the toll booth tossing some money in the basket.
• Here I am under my car looking for the money.
• This is a few days later on the highway. I am picking up a hitchhiker.
• Here's the hitchhiker holding me up.
• Here I am hitchhiking.
• Here's the hitchhiker again picking me up in my own car. Luckily she didn't recognize me.

-- Naaman Brown (talk) 02:10, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Chaplin hooey

Fun anecdote about Vernon and Chaplin in Vegas, but CC left the US in 1952 and only went back in 1972, for a very brief visit. The Cerf article was published in 1967.

What the referenced Cerf article actually says is that Vernon met CC in London, not in Vegas. Why put in the anecdote if you can't be bothered to read the reference?94.191.136.68 (talk) 15:38, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

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