The Peoples Choice - Sock & the Mayors Election (1 of 3)

[SteveCarras]

Jackie Cooper, of course, was one of the premier child actors of the 1920s.

Pracoia Breslin..[the girlfriend]..,.a grandmother of Spencer and Abigail Breslin [themselves two of today's finest juvnmiles.]

And Cleo...Cleo...Veyr Snoopy like in her gift of gab.:)

[tomservo56954]

@SteveCarras I never knew Abigail was a relation.

And Cleo predates Charles Schulz making Snoopy into how we know him...in PEANUTS strips at this time he still walked on all fours and didn't have his alter egos (the Flying Ace, Joe Cool) or sidekick Woodstock.

[Juliaflo]

R.I.P., Miss Patricia Breslin.



[tomservo56954]

@Juliaflo Did you know she was married to Art Modell, owner of the Cleveland Browns--the original one, that became the Baltimore Ravens?

[Juliaflo]

@tomservo56954 Oh yes.



[Shadepuppy]

Thanks for sharing all of these shows from the past - it's fun to visit with favorite characters/actors again. I loved this show when I was in high school - I had a crush on Jackie Cooper and adored Cleo. It was the first time that I'd seen a show where the dog got to talk, and have remembered Cleo ever since - never had a Basset, but always loved them.

[ccmcootie50]

I LOVE CLEO...MORE CLEO PLEASE!!!

[dandydonaldo]

I had a Little Golden Book about Cleo.

[fromthesidelines]

The theme heard here was a "stock cue" composed by Merrick (even though Lou Kosloff composed the majority of the episode's score)- I've also heard it on at least one kinescope of Jan Murrray's mid-'50s game show, "DOLLAR A SECOND". And it was a slight variation of Mahlon's end theme, "J and M Stomp", heard in the filmed episodes of "THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM" between 1955 and '64.

[fromthesidelines]

Lou Kosloff and Mahlon Merrick were two different people, Steve- Kosloff was a session musician on various recordings in the '30s (he was a violinist) before he began composing and conducting music for various radio shows (including "BLONDIE" and "THE LIFE OF RILEY"). Mahlon Merrick {who also composed and conducted music for radio shows, and "stock cues" under several aliases, including "Claude Sweeten" and "Gene LeGrande"} was best known as Jack Benny's arranger and conductor for 30 years.

[SteveCarras]

@fromthesidelines

Hey, thanks. I just came 'cross this tonight.:)

[fromthesidelines]

This episode originally aired near the end of the first season, on May 31, 1956; incidentally, the theme (composed by Mahlon Merrick) was also used during the end credits of the final season of "THE LIFE OF RILEY" (1957-'58).

[SteveCarras]

Mahlon Merrick's screen name credit was Lou Kosloff..

[tomservo56954]

@fromthesidelines Makes sense, as Irving Bresher was behind both shows.

[sunsetswest]

Thank you SOO much for posting! I've been dying to see Cleo again after all these years!