Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Jim Gillis: Sure! Chester A. Riley: Why should an old man married for years run away with a pretty blond?
Simon Vanderhopper: Mr. Riley, you're not angry? Jim Gillis: Are you kiddin'? Digby 'Digger' O'Dell: No, only Latin and Greek. Chester A. Riley: [on the phone] What is it, a boy or a girl? Chester A. Riley: The baby announcements? That's why I came over here tonight. We would sprinkle cayenne pepper in the soil. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. They are seated in their home on any given Saturday evening, trying as best they can to comfort one another, seeking any seemly diversion that may bring some sense of sorrow in their hearts. Take a look at through our photo gallery and see why Digger is … Bags and bags of dirt. The radio series also benefited from the huge popularity of support character, Digby “Digger” O’Dell, the friendly undertaker. Directed by Irving Brecher. Even a criminal gets time off for good behavior. It is unlikely that there was any blatant merriment present at his funeral service. Do you speak French? He'll never amount to anything. Jim Gillis: They put you to sleep. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The only place your son will get his picture is in the post office. I just read this card, and I just spoke to the Justice of the Peace! And I'm the most blissful man in the world. It has turned into an ankle-twisting death trap. Quotes.net. And for burying. the mutt manuscripts What are you doin' here in the park?
"Someone turns on the radio, and all of a sudden without the slightest warning, comes Digger "Digby" O'Dell, the friendly undertaker" to the microphone.
Chester A. Riley: Yeah! Babs Riley: All right, but Professor Van Plantan says I have a natural gift for acting. I prefer the dead languages. Teca Tu: "Twixt you and me, "Dig," death is never funny, nor, in the human circumstances of deep sorrow, can funeral service ever be considered festive or jovial. We learned Digger O’Dell lived on. 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. Don't you worry about him; we'll pull him through. Peg Riley: Every day this week, he's been kept in after school. Punchy: Hey, why don't you get up, pal? Digger: Every good undertaker has his ear to the ground - we pick up a lot of dirt that way.
"It is I, Digger O'Dell, your friendly undertaker.
Before you know it, you have been exposed to a pointed pun, or play on words that conjures up a cold, hard, callous, grim allusion to man's physical mortality. [Riley believes Junior stole five dollars]. And although “The Life of Riley” has long been off the air, buried deep in the annuals of radio sit coms, Digger’s spirit lives on.
Junior will be glad to pitch in.
We’ve been Memphis’ top nursery for over 30 years! Chester A. Riley: Yes. One of the more popular shows was “The Life of Riley”, a meat-and-potatoes story of about a Brooklyn family living in California. Chester A. Riley: Their gonna slit my throat from ear to ear and rip out my tonsils, and she says there's nothing to it!
Yep, Digger O’Dell’s humor might still be able to produce a laugh and a chuckle under today’s comic relief, but it’s Dolce that has the last laugh. Chester A. Riley: I'm just as much a show-off as they are, ain't I? Not a day went by that I wasn't kept in after school. Collected Works Bookstore: Digger O'dell the Friendly Undertaker William Bendix (Artist) Format: Vinyl. Peg Riley: What's the matter? ( Log Out /
If you don't pay attention... Peg Riley: Well, I'm trying to tell ya, he just moons around the house!
Our canine grave-digger kept at it. Well said, Mr. Morris. Peg Riley: You know what they say - ignorance is bliss. We would pack the void with brick and debris, and Digger O’Dolch would start again.
Chester A. Riley: I don't think you heard me, peg. Slap, slap, slap... Rip, Rip, Rip... it's over! ( Log Out / In real life, he was the character actor, John Brown. Barbara 'Babs' Riley: But Dad, Simon's only 20. Junior Riley: Why don't you wet a piece of confetti and drown your brain? Why would he leave his wife? Chester A. Riley was a sort of lay about, blue-collar worker who always managed to do everything with the minimum of effort, just getting by.
He never acted this way before. Chester A. Riley: You know, Peg, I don't know what kind of wife she's gonna mae, but 40 years from now, somebody's gonna have a terrific mother-in-law. One of his familiar lines addressed to Riley was, "You're looking fine, Riley. I enjoy listening to the frogs croak. He lives on in Dolce, channeled into a canine proclivity to dig and bury. Well, if it's such a gift, why did it cost you 25 dollars? Barbara 'Babs' Riley: Oh Simon, he knows! Chester A. Riley: What do you think I'm paying you ten cents a week for, to spy on Babs! Malcolm grumbles about buying dirt to fill-in the holes when we live in a desert. Every time I have a birthday, I realize that Mom's getting a year older. Jim Gillis: So by her leavin', I'm getting away without goin' out of the house.
Chester A. Riley: "Babs Riley Featured in Annual School Follies". I'm not the type of friends who buts in. Chester A. Riley: I'll tell you what harm there is! She has her picture on the front page. ( Log Out / Holes and voids.
There must be some reason for it! Undertaker Digby "Digger" O'Dell and the first Chester B. Riley, Jackie Gleason. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Digger was known for his oft repetitive lines, including puns based on his profession. [Riley is talking on the phone with the hospital's maternity ward]. Digby 'Digger' O'Dell: Why, I was just taking a stroll around the pond. They recently lost, let us say, their elderly mother. Gillis: I tried to help you, Riley, but I'm through. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window). 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. Unfortunately, Dolce has inherited Digger’s fondness for, well, for digging. or email me at: GALLERY. Jim Gillis: She'll be back in a couple or three days. Chester A. Riley: I don't have to be fair - I'm your father. Learn all you need to know about planting with our FREE Midsouth Area Planting Guide! To purchase your cookbook, visit these stores…. Riley could easily be described as the "Archie Bunker" of the 1940s.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… According to my research, the role of "Digger" was never eliminated from the radio show; instead, when the program was switched to television in 1949, it retained, not only the same character but also the same actor ... John Brown. Babs: Well, I think he ought to get a fair trial. Enter your email address to trail this dawg tail. Digby 'Digger' O'Dell: It is I, Digby O'Dell, the friendly undertaker. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Chester A. Riley: Hello, Digger. He's a boy who... Chester A. Riley: He's a boy! Peg Riley: Then I've been in love with you the whole time. As Dolce grew older, her dirt crypts grew bigger. Peg Riley: All this plotting and scheming... you remind me of a girl I once knew. ( Log Out / Our dogs are our pride and joy and I enjoy sharing their stories with you on my blog.
And you’re right, if she could giggle, she would be. 500 Montezuma Ave. What is it, a boy or a girl? Undertaker Digby "Digger" O'Dell and the first Chester B. Riley, Jackie Gleason, While we would all agree that death is never funny, this show had an usual character in it by the name of Digby "Digger" O'Dell, known unaffectionately as "the friendly undertaker." Peg Riley: Well, of all the revolting ideas!
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Chester A. Riley: You mean I'm going to live? Chester A. Riley: I know what you did! Blundering Chester A. Riley, was a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California and his frequent exclamation of indignation – “What a revoltin’ development this is!” became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s.
I planned the whole thing. DIGGER O'DELL NURSERY. What are you doin' here in the park? I figure once a year, every married man should get away from his wife for a few days. But the strange case of Digby “Digger” O’Dell offers an elegant counterpoint. "It is true that the funeral director earns his or her living from services connected with the burial of the dead, but no decent funeral director or embalmer, in my opinion, has ever been made happier to learn of any person's death. With William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, James Gleason, Bill Goodwin. Dr. Beamish: Not now, I'm afraid. To keep the case entirely fair to you, let us think of this family, not in their first poignancy employing grief, but some weeks after the funeral. A factory worker's family is thrown into an uproar when his teenage daughter starts to date his boss' son.
Barbara 'Babs' Riley: It's just not fair! Peg Riley: No. We’ve never had a Digger, which just makes me fairly certain that our next dog will create a path to China! We already ordered the baby announcements.
His signature sign-off, “Cheerio!
Though other friends may fail you, I shall be the last to let you down.". Chester A. Riley: No.
"In a matter of speaking, funeral directors do have the patience of Job, but there's a limit to all things.
Simon Vanderhopper: Well, you can't call it off! Touching and tender, amusing and comical, these moving narratives and snippets of their lives impart bow-wow wisdom and show the loyalty and love between man’s best friend and their human care givers. Peg Riley: You certainly are, Dear. In part, it said: "Throughout my long tenure of service, "said Mr. Morris, "it has never been my desire to make light of death or its accompanying grief" and I confidently feel that if this well-known punster were to suffer poignant grief, he would without hesitation seek another means of livelihood.". The CBS program starred Lionel Stander as J. Riley Farnsworth and had no real connection with the more famous series that followed a few years later. Their adorable, funny antics will bring chuckles and smiles and sometimes a few tears as you read their tales. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………