Everything is going on, and here we are. It's Prell! Thomas Lynch reads to camera his essay Tract (part II). Does it make it easier? Isn't that awful? Dwarf Mr Snow, Fred's Tie Dye, Saucy Mary, Sweet Scarlet, Kangaroo Paw Green, Idaho Gem and Banana Toes are just a few of the varieties one gardener is growing in a 4x8 bed of "bulletproof" tomatoes. Director Irving Brecher Writers Irving Brecher Groucho Marx (story) Stars William Bendix Rosemary DeCamp James Gleason See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 10 User reviews Photos 10 Top cast Edit It was during this period that Gleason played Riley on one episode of the radio series. Punchy: Hey, why don't you get up, pal? DIGGER, Digby O'Dell, the Friendly Undertaker MOTHER, Irish and obnoxious ANNOUNCER SINGERS MUSIC: THEME . Other photos show preparations for the publicity stunt. To Babs's delight, Jeff, who has just moved in next door with his aunt, is a dedicated pre-med student. The program was broadcast live with a studio audience, most of whom were not aware Brown played both characters. Sterling Holloway recurred as neighbor Waldo Binney, another radio character. UP AND UNDER ANNCR: Prell brings you "The Life of Riley"! The radio series greatly benefited from the immense popularity of a supporting character, Digby "Digger" O'Dell (John Brown), "the friendly undertaker." The Life of Riley starring William Bendix as lovable, blundering, Chester A. Riley, was a radio situation comedy broadcast during and after wartime 40s. What are you doin' here in the park?Digby 'Digger' O'Dell: Why, I was just taking a stroll around the pond. I think they used to call that "social death"; that actual death happens like that. Asked by yeaux. We can't prearrange that. And oftentimes I'm impressed by how people will wrap their existential concerns about a dying parent in the prearrangement conference. Life of Riley won the first Emmy Award (for "Best Film Made For and Shown on Television") with Groucho Marx receiving a credit for the story. But it's not just my job. And yet you write that beautiful essay Tract in your book, The Undertaking, which is in some way a map, is it? Procter and Gamble's new Radiant Creme Shampoo in the handy tube! Dear Vance:What happened to the Memory Grove plaque an old war memorial that stood in Overton Park, in a stand of trees close to Poplar Avenue? Chester A. Riley : Hello, Digger. And that's unfortunate. Let me begin this strange tale by saying that minutes and minutes of research failed to turn up many verifiable facts about Smith oh, good grief, lets just call him Digger here. Junior will be glad to pitch in. But when some widowed person comes out and takes you by the shoulders and said, "Thank you, I couldn't have done this without you," and all you did was be there, or answer the call, or show up, there's this deep sense of having been of use to people at a time of need. [citation needed], Bendix and Rosemary DeCamp reprised the roles in an hour-long radio adaptation of the feature film that was presented on Lux Radio Theater on May 8, 1950. Babs, however, has her heart set on Jeff and rejects Burt's advances. But there's no question that cremation has become normative in a way that it used to be exceptional. Jim Gillis: I know a lot about surgery. For many gardeners, it starts with tomatoes. Ferguson: That's the type of citizen we're sworn to protect. Lewis, and I think, how would you get by without it? Digby 'Digger' O'Dell: Why, I was just taking a stroll around the pond. Chester A. Riley is back, with long-suffering wife Peg, trouble-prone kids Junior and Babs, moochy pal Gillis, and Digger O'Dell, The Friendly Undertaker, in sixteen hilarious half-hour episodes. Could have been man/wife or brother/sister. The Life of Riley starring William Bendix as lovable, blundering, Chester A. Riley, was a radio situation comedy broadcast during and after wartime 40s. there are very few hands raised in the room, because cremation is often shorthand for disappearance. Where is the meaning? She talks about how in her life the difference was not between doing good and evil. One day, after paying out all but five of his fifty-dollar-a-week paycheck, Riley has to sneak into his house to avoid his landlady, Miss Martha Bogle, to whom he owes money. Once he had to be pulled from his apartment after the dirt sides turned to mud and caved in after a thunderstorm. And the things we have to do in that period of two days or three days, that's also largely what you do for us, is that right? I remember it hitting me there in the house: She actually died; we actually buried her today; she's actually not coming back here; she's actually gone. Before going, Riley instructs his precocious son Junior to exchange his piggy bank coins into bills and meet him at the restaurant, assuming that Junior's savings combined with his five dollars will be enough to pay for the meal. They need to talk to someone. And most good customs allow for some wiggle room, you know. It's not that you don't want to see them dressed up or laid out or with glasses on, or too much makeup or their hair done in a clumsy way. Simon Vanderhopper: Well, you can't call it off! "You have to have helpers 24 hours a day.". Unknown. Details Select delivery location Used: Like New | Details Sold by ral Add to Cart New & Used (2) from FREE Shipping Have one to sell? So Ive got only one inch to run around in.. And it works; it does work. I think we're among the first couple generations for whom the presence of the dead at their funerals has become optional, and I see that as probably not good news for the culture at large. This is a sign to me that they don't care, that heaven is not having to worry about these things, so I'm determined not to worry about them either. He would have figured that out, but I think for him the funeral, the procession, was part of the process. We make appointments for cremations because we have to go and watch the placement of the body in the retort and the beginning of the process, the identification process that's part of that, and we retrieve the ashes. Riley's usual reply to the messes he would get in to became a catch phrase that swept the nation: What a revoltin' development this is! Thomas Lynch is a writer and a poet. What we have missed, however, in cremation in this culture is all the powerful metaphoric values provided by fire, its elemental worth. The Brother immediately. Mrs. Abigail Uppington, the wimpy Wallace Wimple and the "friendly undertaker," Digger O'Dell. And so I think of widowed people who must go through that when they're folding a sweater or cleaning out a drawer or looking for the power drill that their husband used to use to fix this drawer or that one -- these little mundane reminders that life is changed utterly and yet utterly the same. While readying for Monahan, Riley's daughter Babs, a serious-minded college student, catches the eye of Miss Bogle's handsome young nephew, Jeff Taylor. Anyway, I presume the Digger ODell weve been discussing here was eventually buried one final time, and I hope his gravestone wherever it is pays tribute to one of this countrys unique stuntmen. I can only take from that the sense that we're on the right track there. The boss' son (Long), who is in love with Babs, suggests that they get married in order to save Riley's job. Barbara 'Babs' Riley: Oh Simon, he knows! Bareiss, Warren "The Life of Riley" Encyclopedia of Television We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. I have children at home; my wife had taken them home from the luncheon. And I do think that while the dead don't care, the dead matter. It just doesn't work out that way. Months after my father died, I can remember this wave of feelings that would come over me, catching me at the most unpredictable times, this wallop of him being dead, him being gone. We get to say when people are dead to us, or dead enough, so that we can let them go. Gillis: Don't argue, because I hate family arguments. I cant even blame my wife too much. Not all of the radio cast made the transition to film; Paula Winslowe and Barbara Eiler were replaced with DeCamp and Meg Randall as Riley's . So yes, the hurt is there, but the hurt does not overwhelm. But then I can read the work of Barbara Brown Taylor or St. Paul or C.S. I mean, it's uncomfortable, and I don't know what to say any more than the next guy, and I don't do strawberry rhubarb pie. Im five-foot-eleven. But don't go there searching for a tombstone marked Digger O'Dell. While we would all agree that death is never funny, this show had an usual character in it by the name of Digby "Digger". Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, Richard Long, Meg Randall and John Brown reprised their screen roles for an May 8, 1950 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast. For many people I know, when families are cremated, they feel as if they've in some sense kind of disappeared. Irving Brecher's onscreen credit reads: "Written and directed by Irving Brecher." According to the obituary, Digger was born in Georgia in 1915. These included Molly's drunken Uncle Dennis and Myrt, the town's telephone operator with whom Fibber shared many a Not a day went by that I wasn't kept in after school. It's not always the same thing, and for everyone it's different. Everything seems to fall into place. It earned $1.6 million in the U.S. and Canada,[4] preventing him from starring in the TV series that began in the same year. There must be some reason for it! I have often noticed the difference between the first day that a family will spend here and the next day. Are social changes the reasons that we are more fearful and reluctant to deal with death in our everyday lives? Riley's catch phrase in the series and the film was "what a revolting development this turned out to be." In many ways we represent the place where whatever conversation people want to have about death and dying and grief and bereavement. For 28 years, the CHFB has been the essential site for classic horror news, research and enthusiasm. You're sweet, though. Made for Universal Pictures and directed by Brecher, who also wrote and produced the simple plot of The Life of Riley , revolves around Babs (Randall) learning that Riley is about to get laid off. What is missing is the corpse: the thing itself, not the idea of the thing. And this movement, emotionally, is mirrored by a physical movement. I've seen at the end of the day people walking upright away from graves, people walking upright away from fires, as if they were going to survive it. It is a sadness and a shame that cremation, the fire in this context, is seen as an industrial process instead of an elemental one, in the way that earth is elemental. No word on whether anyone felt like carrying on the family tradition. The Life of Riley was the initial release of Brecher Productions, Inc. William Bendix first played "Riley" in the popular NBC radio series on which this film was based, and John Brown played "'Digger' O'Dell" in the series. I'm the guy that has the hearse, but there's someone else in town who is making a strawberry rhubarb pie to bring to the luncheon afterward, and that's what she's doing on the day. Copyright 2022 Memphis Magazine. Scars On My Heart / Her (7", Single) Ranger. Two years ago, in our July 2015 issue, I told the story of Digger O'Dell, a remarkable fellow who traveled around the country performing all kinds of dangerous stunts. "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 8, 1950 with William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, Meg Randall . It then went into syndicated reruns. Chester A. Riley: Oh, you're gonna count my blood? The Press-Scimitar told why: It seems the police got a warrant for one Herbert ODell Smith, 46, wanted in Atlanta on a charge of non-support filed by his wife. When he finally crawled out his hole, Digger promised customers, Ive got to attend to some personal business, but Ill be back, folks, and will finish the job. Later, he told reporters, Thats the way the cookie crumbles. The question is not meant to mock; the question is to say: "What is it you don't want to see? "[6] The April 13 episode starred Herb Vigran as Riley, and the April 20 episode had Buddy Gray in the title role. The idea for the radio program had originated as a sitcom for Groucho Marx called The Flotsam Family , but Groucho was Groucho and the sponsor couldn't accept him as a family man. There is a comfort when you don't have to reinvent that wheel, when we know we have to be at church at a certain time and that these prayers will be said and not those, and that this is accustomed behavior and this is outside the pale, and this is where we go. And what about the formalities, the particular traditions and customs that are a part of the funeral? What is it, a boy or a girl? I've come to admire the earth, the wind and the fire. Even though we can plan it and pay for it and all that, we can't really get that wheel to turn for us until it turns itself. Today he is just living the life of RileyIn 1908, a starving Indian named Gray Horse drove a tent stake into the ground and struck oil. Gillis often gave Riley bad information that got him into trouble, whereas Digger gave him good information that "helped him out of a hole," as he might have put it. Not sure where the voice actor was inspired from, but Mancubus sounds exactly like Digger O'Dell, the friendly undertaker from the old Life of Rile Press J to jump to the feed. His real name, it seems, was Herbert O'Dell Smith. The character of Digger O'Dell was not resurrected as a result of actor John Brown having been placed on . And that is the cruel part, and that is the good news and the bad news all at once -- that things are happening even so. He's a boy who Chester A. Riley: He's a boy! O'Dell was a character hastily written into the long-running radio (and, later, television) show, "The Life of Riley," which had its debut on radio in 1944, while Americans were dying by the thousands in Europe and the Far East. Will you care after your death if they take care of you in death as you did your dad? And at least so far as my experience is concerned, the living who bear those burdens honorably are better off for it. Digger kept up his strange act for many years. The custom of eulogy, what is its meaning? j.b., memphis. The lead character was changed to Chester A. Riley, the title was changed to The Life of Riley and a show and star were born. Both [are part of] this effort to say something about something unspeakable -- great love, great loss, great hope, great fear, great doubt, the fist we shake in God's face, asking him, "What did you have in mind here?". [Riley is talking on the phone with the hospital's maternity ward]. That's enough, isn't it? Digger O'Dell, the friendly undertaker ANNCR: It's new! Digby 'Digger' O'Dell : It is I, Digby O'Dell, the friendly undertaker. Actor Ted de Corsia's name appears as both "de Corsia" and "deCorsia" in the onscreen credits. Jeff and Babs's bliss is soon dampened when Miss Bogle reveals that she must sell the Rileys' house because of her own financial problems. Chester A. Riley: Babs, do you realize when I was 20, your mother was supporting me and a baby? The Life of Riley is an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a 1950s television series, and a 1958 comic book. Chester A. Riley: Yeah! Vance Lauderdale is the history columnist for Memphis magazine and Inside Memphis Business. Digger's morbid sense of humor buttressed by Brown's off-kilter delivery was a hit with the show's audience, and for me, often the high point of the episode. I do not care but that they do it honorably. We'd just say, "Well, let's not think about that anymore." Maybe the referee will give you a draw. So in a sense, cremation suits us in that way. What a revoltin' development, indeed." But I have graves at Oak Grove; I have graves in West Clare [County, Ireland]. In the 19551956 season, the Riley family moved and were given new neighbors portrayed by Florence Sundstrom and George O'Hanlon.[8]. So people come in to talk about arranging their parents' funerals or their own. The Milford location is one of six Lynch funeral homes in the state. The till doesn't ring as precisely, and what works and where the values are require more discernment. I think we're all complicit in the banishment of the dead to the peripheries. Get Ready for a New Season of Gardening -Choose from Tomatoes, Peaches, Corn, Zinnias & More! Plunged into darkness, Riley takes the advice of friend and neighbor, undertaker "Digger" O'Dell, and invites his guests to a restaurant. She has her picture on the front page. William Bendix is heard as Riley, along with co-stars Paula Winslowe, John Brown, Tommy Cook, and Barbara Eiler - plus series creator Irving Brecher . (CONTINUES HUMMING IN BG) ANNOUNCER: [Riley believes Junior stole five dollars]. Well, I'll kiss you twice tonight. 2023. The dirt on Herbert ODell Smith. In addition to Bendix' Riley, the show featured immensely popular supporting characters, including Digby "Digger" O'Dell, the ghoulish "friendly undertaker" voiced by John Brown (who also played Thorny on Ozzie and Harriet, Al on My Friend Irma, and Broadway on The Damon Runyan Theatre). I never felt better. We do have a charge for our caskets. I said what about a kiss? So yeah, it is the good news and the bad news. Chester A. Riley: "Babs Riley Featured in Annual School Follies". The local newspapers reported that an 18x24-inch plywood air shaft allowed Digger to receive air and food, and he had carefully stocked his tiny domicile with lights, reading glasses, even packs of cigarettes. In 1907, a penniless farmer named Ruben Shipp discovered gold while plowing his field. I just read this card, and I just spoke to the Justice of the Peace! It's the people who, in many ways, try to put on the smiley face, that brittle grin you see so often that says, "We're going to be happy." And for those who are unchurched or unfamiliar in any tradition that gives them sort of the framework for this, a funeral home is still a safe place to talk about matters mortuary and matters of mortality. Peppers take longer than tomatoes to get going, so start them first. A cover was placed over his apartment and he was sealed in, with the intention being to break the personal record of 57 days that he had set here during his previous visit to Memphis, though that location wasnt mentioned. Babs Riley: All right, but Professor Van Plantan says I have a natural gift for acting. Nevertheless, this Life of Riley series with Bendix was a ratings hit, ranking at No. [3], An unrelated radio show with the title Life of Riley was a summer replacement show heard on CBS from April 12, 1941, to September 6, 1941. None of us knew what reference was being made here.In grade five very few people here NL (Canada) were familiar with American radio.When the "Life Of Reilly" came to TV my appreciation of "Digger" was finally launched. I think it's always been the case that funerals in general, and funeral directors in particular, provide an easy target for cartooning, because there is so much about what we do that can be held up for ridicule. . Jeff, who had just proposed to Babs himself, is devastated by her announcement, as is Peg, who knows that her daughter does not love Burt. I see my sons now working through this, and their generation. He would announce himself with, "'Tis I, Digger O'Dell, your friendly undertaker. There is a fee. Just as all appears lost, Riley learns from Burt that he has been promoted to a high-paying executive position. Whether a person is consigned to the earth or the fire is, at the end of the day, no difference. [after Riley discovers the man he accused of bank robbery is a policeman]. to "how come? And there's somebody else doing this, that. A comic book adaptation of the show was produced by Dell Comics in 1958 as part of their Four Color series of one-shots. [citation needed] Brown's lines as the undertaker were often repetitive, including puns based on his profession; but thanks to Brown's delivery, the audience loved him. He is best-known in Memphis for agreeing to be "buried alive" as a promotion that took place in September 1959 for Bluff City Buick. The stock market is open. One example of this type of comedy is the line "Business is a little dead tonight" . Brown also played "Gillis" on the radio. I see it all as part of the one journey, all as part of the one pilgrimage. And they won't forget, and that's the thing. I think the national rate now is right around 38 percent. Peg Riley: Every day this week, he's been kept in after school. home|introduction|watch online|stories & special video|to be an undertaker|join the discussion But we are much more willing to go stand next to the hole in the ground than we are willing to stand next to the fire. Her testimony is like all testimony -- it is a combination of gratitude and grief, and that the gratitude does not trump the grief, nor does the grief undo the gratitude. Chester A. Riley is back, with long-suffering wife Peg, trouble-prone kids Junior and Babs, moochy pal Gillis, and Digger O'Dell, The Friendly Undertaker in sixteen hilarious half-hour episodes. I needed to read that piece because I'm disinclined -- when someone's sick, when someone's out of sorts, when someone's dead -- I'm disinclined to be around that. Dunning, John On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio The Internet Movie Database Every time I have a birthday, I realize that Mom's getting a year older. I'll hug her and I'll kiss her. And Mrs. Verrino's eulogy, her narrative of what she and her husband and their child were going through, was a way of sort of mastering this journey. Vance Lauderdale is the history columnist for Memphis magazine and Inside Memphis Business. I thought, this guy could play it. I found an old newspaper article that said he was born in 1915 and called him a professional endurance man. 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