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A different show every week! Rotating DJs include Jon Nelson's "Sheena 'ssembly Required" (Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations),
MarkTime (vintage radio airchecks), and Krys O (aka Sister Krys - WFMU alumna 1985-1991, longtime Church of the Subgenius monk. Playing cinematic ephemera, schizoid weirdos, all styles served here). Plus: surprise guests galore. (illustration courtesy of https://www.jimflora.com/)

Tuesday 8 - 9pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Favoriting June 21, 2022: The Wiggle Room with Krys O.- The Bea Arthur Centennial
--Bea was born in 1922

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Bea's Marine Reserve ID photo 1943
Bea's Marine Reserve ID photo 1943
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Bea's Marine Reserve ID photo 1943

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images Approx. start time
Bea Arthur  And Then There's Maude   Favoriting Bea Arthur On Broadway: Just Between Friends  DRG  2002  With an excerpt of the original Maude theme song sung by Donny Hathaway 
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Bea Arthur  Garbage   Favoriting Ben Bagley's Shoestring Revue  Offbeat Records  1955   
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Bea Arthur  Introduction   Favoriting Bea Arthur On Broadway: Just Between Friends  DRG  2002  Bea speaks about her TV legacy 
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Bea Arthur and Madame  excerpt   Favoriting Bea Arthur TV Special    1980   
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Bea Arthur and Perry Como  stage mother skit   Favoriting The Perry Como Show    1960  Bea plays Joey Heatherton's mother 
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Beat Arthur and Rock Hudson  Turnin' On   Favoriting Bea Arthur TV Special    1980  Bea and Rock name as many different drugs as the censors will allow 
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Bea Arthur  Shoppers Drug Mart commercials (1985-1992)   Favoriting       Bea shills for a Canadian drugstore chain 
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Bea Arthur and Katherine Helmond  Jessica Tate's Heavenly Angel   Favoriting     1980  From an episode of SOAP 
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Bea Arthur  Amanda's By the Sea promo   Favoriting     1983  A failed sitcom based on John Cleese's Fawlty Towers 
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The Cast of Lovers and Other Strangers  I Don't Like Veiny Veal   Favoriting     1970  Bea is fabulous as the mother of the groom Lovers and Other Strangers wiki 
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The Cast of Lovers and Other Strangers  The Wedding Reception   Favoriting     1970  Diane Keaton is the soon to be ex-wife of Bea's oldest son. 
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Bea Arthur  Lamb Recipe   Favoriting Bea Arthur On Broadway: Just Between Friends    2002  Cooking tips with Bea 
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Bea Arthur  Down in the Depths (On the 90th Floor)   Favoriting Bob Hope's: Hope, Women and Songs    1980  Bea sings a Cole Porter tune on a Bob Hope TV special 
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Bea Arthur  Auditions   Favoriting Bea Arthur On Broadway: Just Between Friends  DRG  2002  Bea drops an F-bomb when she talks about her first audition    0:42:27 (Pop-up)
Bea Arthur and Dinah Shore  Interiew   Favoriting A Conversation wth Dinah Shore    1989   
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The Original Cast of Fiddler on the Roof  The Rumor   Favoriting OCR Fiddler on the Roof  RCA/Red Seal  1964   
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Bea Arthur  Angela Lansbury   Favoriting Bea Arthur On Broadway: Just Between Friends  DRG  2002  Bea dishes on pal Angela Lansbury 
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Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury  Bosom Buddies   Favoriting Tony Awards performance 1988    1988   
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Bea Arthur  Pirate Jenny   Favoriting Bea Arthur On Broadway: Just Between Friends  DRG  2002  Bea was in the 1954 Broadway cast of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello!
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Krys O.:

Howdy, Austin!
Avatar 8:01pm
HyperDose:

Hey Krys! So happy to have you be a part of my Tuesday evening! :)
Avatar 8:01pm
Constance De Witt:

What a lady!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Krys O.:

Welcome, HyperDose!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Pauly from Clifton:

Hiya Krys! A fitting celebration!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Webhamster Henry:

Be Bea!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Scott67:

G'day Krys & Wiggly Critters!🐍🪱🐉
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Krys O.:

Constance! Pauly! Scott! Henry!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
WR:

Stories about that Norman guy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Krys O.:

Hey, WR!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Austin Rich:

Gotta love Bea. Thanks for this!
Avatar 8:03pm
Otis:

....and then there's Krys! Howdy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
Krys O.:

Howdy, Otis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Webhamster Henry:

Offbeat Records is a great label!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Austin Rich:

I feel like I've always been watching Bea Arthur on TV.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Krys O.:

I feel the same, Austin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Webhamster Henry:

I guess Sheldon Harnick remembered her when Fiddler on the Roof was casting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Krys O.:

She was unforgettable.
Avatar 8:09pm
Mr Fab:

hey Krys! i actually saw her in that "Just Between Friends" show, and bought the CD there. Some real nutty stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
Krys O.:

That's awesome, Mr. Fab
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
Austin Rich:

Never.
Avatar 8:16pm
Mr Fab:

"Never" Ha, presumably they knew about Rock Hudson's, er, orientation. Probably an inside-showbiz joke.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
Krys O.:

Exactly.
Avatar 8:19pm
Mr Fab:

Bea must have been 81 or 82 when we saw her show. She was gone in five years or so, good thing we saw her when we did.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Krys O.:

Right. I wish I'd seen that show.
Avatar 8:23pm
laurapanic:

LOVE THIS
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
Krys O.:

Thanks, laurapanic!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:27pm
Austin Rich:

This is perfect! Bea and Katherine together!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Austin Rich:

(It's always rainy in Seattle, too.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Krys O.:

Yup, I learned that from Ursula Le Guin's Lathe of Heaven.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
WR:

Just noticed that Joey Heatherton was in that Perry Como skit. Julie played Joey Heatherton earlier today and I skimmed her Wikipedia page, which mentioned she was a semi regular on the Como show.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Austin Rich:

I love that TV hum in the background of this clip.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Krys O.:

Thanks for that info, WR. The Brenda they referred to was Brenda Lee who had performed a duet with Joey.
Avatar 8:33pm
Mr Fab:

Oof, why make fake "Fawlty Towers" when American TV was always showing the real thing?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Austin Rich:

I was just watching Fawlty Towers clips the other day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
Krys O.:

I loved this movie as a kid. Such a cast.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
Webhamster Henry:

@Mr. Fab: Sanford & Son : Steptoe & Son, All in the Family: Till Death Do Us Part, just a few USA translations of British shows
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
Krys O.:

Wilfrid Brambill's character on Steptoe & Son is thoroughly repulsive compared to the cute aspects of Redd Foxx.
Avatar 8:40pm
Mr Fab:

We never saw the British origs Henry (at least, i never did), so have no idea if they were any good. But PBS was always showing the real "Fawlty Towers." So any remake was bound to disappoint.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Webhamster Henry:

But there were only 12 Fawlties; clearly the idea could be milked further!
Avatar 8:44pm
Mr Fab:

Only 12 episodes, that really is amazing. And yet the remakes didn't
even make it that far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Webhamster Henry:

I ❤️ Bea's laugh!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
WR:

Brenda Lee / Heatherton duet? Sounds interesting.

Yes, I didn't see Steptoe & Son until I got a deluxe version of A Hard Day's Night which had an extra giving context to a bit they did with Wilfrid Brambell who was Steptoe.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
Austin Rich:

I was thinking about Fiddler on the Roof just the other day, too. Interesting...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
Krys O.:

The film was on TCM recently. Leonard Frey was excellent. In another part of the Dinah Shore interview, Bea talked about being close friends with Frey.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
Austin Rich:

12 Episodes is almost the perfect number of episodes for most shows. (I think Young Ones is only 12, too.) For some US shows, I think they should only do 10. (Or even 8.) But we never learn.
Avatar 8:53pm
Pomme d'Or:

I love Fiddler! Saw I many times on Broadway
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laurapanic:

best song from Fiddler!
Avatar 8:54pm
laurapanic:

OMG!!! two of my faves!!! great ladies.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:54pm
Austin Rich:

I mostly just know Fiddler songs. (True story: I've never actually seen it! Just listened to records.)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Austin Rich:

Damn. I loved this show! Thanks so much, Krys O! We all just need a little Bea Arthur in our lives.
Avatar 8:55pm
Pomme d'Or:

WOW Krys ! Awesome tribute to the Legend Bea Arthur ! Encore ! Encore !
Avatar 8:55pm
Mr Fab:

So tru, Austin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Krys O.:

My dad had a big crush on Angela Lansbury. He loved Murder She Wrote.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Webhamster Henry:

Those Drug Mart commercials were funny!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Krys O.:

Thank you for your kind words! Thanks for listening!
Avatar 8:56pm
laurapanic:

Krys: she is totally a babe. Those early films, she was gorgeous and played terrific characters.
Avatar 8:57pm
laurapanic:

oh its over!! Nooooo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Webhamster Henry:

Angela is only 96!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Krys O.:

Stay tuned for Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich: wfmu.org...
Avatar 8:58pm
HyperDose:

You never cease to surprise and amaze, Krys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Krys O.:

Absolutely, laurapanic.

Angela is my mom's age and Bea was born in the same year as my dad. I never really knew that until recently.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Webhamster Henry:

Nice curation, Krys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Krys O.:

Aw, thanks, HyperDose.
Avatar 8:58pm
Mr Fab:

I have the 50's soundtrack to "Threepenny Opera". Was surprised to see "Beatrice Arthur" listed in the credits. My mom saw that show.
Avatar 8:58pm
Pomme d'Or:

Pirate Jenny, of course
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Scott67:

Thanks for the wiggle chuckles Krys!
🍻😎🤙💨🌻
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Krys O.:

Merci, Henry. Thanks, Mr. Fab.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Krys O.:

Thanks, Scott.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
WR:

Thank you Kris!
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