Charlie Manna

Charlie Manna

Charlie Manna (October 6, 1920 – November 9, 1971) was an Italian American standup comedian, active in the 1960s.[1] He was a New York resident, who studied opera for five years before turning to comedy. He died in 1971 from cancer. He first appeared at the Green Mansions resort, in the Adirondacks near the Catskills resort area. He appeared on many theatrical and television variety shows of the era, including the London Palladium, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, the Steve Allen Show, Jackie Gleason's Stage Show, the Jack Paar Show, and The Garry Moore Show. He performed at local venues like the Radio City Music Hall, the Bon Soir supper club, the Blue Angel, the Copacabana and Montreal's El Morocco. He appeared in theatrical performances, including Michael Stewart's Shoestring '57 and Hermione Gingold's Sticks and Stones.

He was well known for a routine in which an astronaut balks at being launched until someone finds his box of crayons, containing "a green, an orange and two blacks".

Veteran comedian Phyllis Diller credited Manna with helping improve her standup routine when she was starting in the business, "It was at New York's Bon Soir nightclub during the early sixties that the comic Charlie Manna gave me the greatest advice about how to get on: quickly tell five of your hottest jokes and then run with them. Get the audience laughing for real, don't make it a phony deal."[2] Manna was quoted as saying, "There are two varieties of comedy: funny and not funny."

He recorded a comedy album, "Manna Overboard!!", (Decca Records, 1961), produced by Michael Ross, written by Ross and Bruce Howard, recorded at the Village Vanguard, New York.[3]

References

  1. ^ The Italian American Experience: an Encyclopedia, Salvatore John LaGumina, Garland Publishing, 2000. p. 131
  2. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4764906
  3. ^ "Manna Overboard!!", Charlie Manna, Decca Records DL 4159, 1961 (album cover notes)

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