Comments on She Blogged By Night: El Brendel

It seems unlikely that El Brendel shorts will be r...

2010-08-14T12:45:48.092-05:00

It seems unlikely that El Brendel shorts will be released on DVD. The reason is due to the Three Stooges popularity. It seems that El Brendel shorts will remain in Columbia vaults, permanently.

I haven't seen all of Brendel's Columbia shorts, b...

2008-01-01T14:04:00.000-06:00

I haven't seen all of Brendel's Columbia shorts, but the one I would recommend highly is Love at First Fright (1941)--definitely the creme de la creme of his two-reeler output for the Lady with the Torch.

I'm aware that exaggerating the switch of the "j" ...

2007-12-10T03:07:00.000-06:00

I'm aware that exaggerating the switch of the "j" with a "y" is common. I certainly wasn't saying El Brendel was the only person who ever spoke with that accent, I was trying to say that "yumpin' yimminy" -- which wasn't popular until the 1920s and after -- is still referenced today, even though "jumpin' jimminy" isn't a popular phrase at all. If it's confusing, I'll clarify. I have to edit the post for an unrelated issue anyway.

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2007-12-10T02:54:00.000-06:00

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"His trademark accent routinely swapped a "y" for ...

2007-12-09T09:38:00.000-06:00

"His trademark accent routinely swapped a "y" for "j", which lead to his most famous catchphrase, "yumpin' yimminy!" Both the accent and the catchphrase are occasionally referenced to this day, although almost no one knows who originated it."

There were Swedish dialect comedians (and Swedish accents!) long before Brendel. No idea whether they used the phrase "yumping yiminy" though.

Ha! It could be, since "Flo" is a nickname. I be...

2007-12-07T23:08:00.000-06:00

Ha! It could be, since "Flo" is a nickname. I believe her real first name is Sophie.

i wonder if FLO BERT is a play on FLAUBERT?

2007-12-07T10:47:00.000-06:00

i wonder if FLO BERT is a play on FLAUBERT?