Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli

Gasoline Alley

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  1. hsawlrae

    hsawlrae said, 12 months ago

    SPLIT, Skeezix.

  2. Llewellenbruce

    Llewellenbruce said, 12 months ago

    Will we ever see Lucky again?

  3. gillianst

    gillianst said, 12 months ago

    Oh my God! Hal Pearry. I’m 1,000 years old.

  4. gillianst

    gillianst said, 12 months ago

    Maybe I’m not so old after all. I’d thought that person on Jack Benny WAS Hal Peary. Reality has just shifted slightly for me.

  5. Stevero

    Stevero said, 12 months ago

    Wasn’t there a similar character, also based on Frank Nelson but not looking that much like him when Skeezix was buying a washing machine in a story a few months ago?

  6. Stagger Lee

    Stagger Lee said, 12 months ago

    That’s the same salesman that sold Skeezix the washer a few months ago.

  7. Mineola

    Mineola said, 12 months ago

    Yes, that is the great Frank Nelson who played the foil on Jack Benny’s radio & TV show! Great bit of nostalgia – thanks Jim! (copy & paste if not clickable) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA_r1Ynl4Ls (Clip: Frank Nelson torments Jack Benny)

  8. JFri

    JFri said, 12 months ago

    Well, then I’ll be sure I only kick YOUR rude a$$!

  9. Buzza Wuzza

    Buzza Wuzza said, 12 months ago

    He used to mouth off to Jack Benny all the time. He was very funny, actually that whole show was.

  10. itisme

    itisme said, 12 months ago

    @Llewellenbruce

    With any luck, no.

  11. SaskSledDog

    SaskSledDog said, 12 months ago

    “Don’t breathe on my carnation!”
    Nelson appeared a lot on Benny’s radio show but he was at his best as the Floorwalker character in the Christmas shopping episodes starting around 1939, and what I wrote above was one of his most famous lines. He predated Mel Blanc’s store clerk who was tormented by Jack’s changing his mind about a gift for Don Wilson by a number of years.

  12. Hillbillyman

    Hillbillyman said, 12 months ago

    I wasn’t around in 1939 but I remember him wel. ffrom the Jack Benny show on TV.

  13. WhiteEagle

    WhiteEagle said, 12 months ago

    This guy must work for HHGregg!

  14. BlitzMcD

    BlitzMcD said, 12 months ago

    Actually, having a sales person in that kind of a retail setting with the demeanor of Frank Nelson would be a major upgrade in this day and age.

  15. flagfly

    flagfly said, 12 months ago

    I believe Hal Peary was the Great Guildersleave, and was very heavy.

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