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GUEST,Mike Miller BS: Obit: Red Buttons and Kasey Rogers (10) RE: BS: Obit: Red Buttons and Kasey Rogers 14 Jul 06

I remember seeing Red Buttons on a TV Special called "In The Fiddler's House". The show was about klezmer music and Red appeared in a segment that was filmed in a kosher dairy restaurant. He was recalling his days as a Yiddish performer in the Catskill Mountain resorts. His Yiddish was excellent. I suspect it was his first language. He might have been the last of the great Borsht Belt entertainers of the 30's and 40's. It was a time when Jewish folksongs and stories were molded into the popular culture of America. We will not see that time again, nor will we see the like of Aaron Chwait.

                     Mike

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