Barney McNulty

In 1949, McNulty was an usher at NBC for The Ed Wynn Show. When Wynn was stricken with a cold, he was worried his medicine would make him flub his lines, so McNulty wrote the show's entire script out on cardboard sheets so Wynn wouldn't miss a word -- and the cue card was born. McNulty went on to become Hollywood's best known cue card man, providing the right line at the right time for Bob Hope, George Burns, Lucy Ball, Groucho Marx and Jimmy Durante. But not just comedians: he also cued John Wayne, Orson Welles, Fred Astaire, even vice president Hubert Humphrey and poet Carl Sandburg. He considered Hope, Frank Sinatra and Milton Berle his three most important clients, but "I hated it when they all wanted me on the same day." Amazingly, he kept more than 100,000 of the used cards "because it's a continuing history of show business." McNulty died December 17 at home in Studio City, California. He was 77. From This is True for 17 December 2000 Suggestions for further reading: Good Eats: The Early Years by Alton Brown Amazon Price: $23.73 Customer Review: I did not enjoy this book at all. There was too much trivia and it was difficult to follow the recipes. I would not recommend this book.   The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV (First Time Books(R)) by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain Amazon Price: $2.20 Customer Review: My six year old son loves this book!! He's not ready to try the whole week without a TV thing. But it's something about this book he really likes?   The Magic School Bus Makes A Rainbow: A Book About Color (Magic School Bus) (... by Joanna Cole Amazon Price: $2.75 Customer Review: I am a big fan of the Magic School Bus Series and also impressed with the chapter books and easy reader type books they have, which is great for varying reading levels within a classroom. Having said that, I was very disappointed with ...Makes a Rai...   Clifford the Big Red Dog Amazon Price: $2.20 Customer Review: Frankly, I can take it or leave it. My nieces love Clifford, so I've added a star to my review and gone with the "take it" option. And if you or your kids like Clifford, you can rest assured that the entire series is inexpensive. The ori...   Curious George Plays Mini Golf TV Reader (Curious George Early Readers) by H. A. Rey Amazon Price: $3.99 Customer Review: Great story and great imagery from the TV episode. My daughter wants me to read this to her almost every night. Best one of the easy reader series to date.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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