Who did the stand-in secretary comic skit?
October 8, 2012 7:43 PM
Who was it that did the comic send-up of the secretary of an organization as a stage performance in the 1930s-1950s?
In the era of the Algonquin Roundtable, I believe one of that gang performed a dry performance of a substitute secretary of some kind of fraternal or professional organization in a stage setting. Heywood Broun? Robert Sherwood? He presented himself as kind of a confused stand-in for the real secretary who was off on some illicit voyage.
In the era of the Algonquin Roundtable, I believe one of that gang performed a dry performance of a substitute secretary of some kind of fraternal or professional organization in a stage setting. Heywood Broun? Robert Sherwood? He presented himself as kind of a confused stand-in for the real secretary who was off on some illicit voyage.
For posterity and future googlers, it was called "The Treasurer's Report". It was a successful on stage, and was later filmed as well.
posted by cosmicbandito at 7:21 AM on October 9, 2012
posted by cosmicbandito at 7:21 AM on October 9, 2012
Thank you!
posted by Mo Nickels at 7:32 AM on October 9, 2012
posted by Mo Nickels at 7:32 AM on October 9, 2012
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