Doodles Weaver

Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver (May 11, 1911–January 17, 1983) was an American comedy actor.

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In the 1940's he was a prominent member of Spike Jones' band The City Slickers. He is well remembered for his routine of a frantic and corny call of a horse race, "It's Girdle in the stretch! Locomotive is on the rail!" and so on, segueing into an impression of the gravelly-voiced Clem McCarthy who forgets whether he's covering a horse race or a boxing match. The race features an apparent nag called "Feitlebaum", who begins at long odds, runs almost the entire race a distant last, and suddenly emerges as the winner. Weaver also portrayed a character in the Jones troupe called "Professor Feitlebaum". That name rhymed with, and was often mistaken for, "Beetlebaum" http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0915845/bio.

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After his days with The City Slickers, Weaver hosted humorous children-oriented TV shows, and played eccentric characters in various guest appearances on other shows.

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He was the brother of NBC-TV executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver and the uncle of actress Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver.

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He was a comedian with a melancholy side. He had a lifelong battle with alcoholism, and ended as a suicide victim as his health deteriorated during his early 70s.

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Quotations

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• "The race is so exciting I'm tearing out my hair! My hair is getting thin! Well, who wants fat hair?"
• "On the radio this year I hope to score / With some funny jokes you've never heard before / I resolve not to tell a corny joke / What? The church burned down? Holy smoke!"
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