[Elecraft] flagrantly OT: name of WWII comedian who "...could teach Morse code to a dog...."?

[Jozef Hand-Boniakowski]

I believe the character he played was "Sergeant Bilko", if memory serves 
me -- with big dark rimmed glasses and a balding head.

Jozef WB2MIC

Stan Rife wrote:
> Was that Phil Silver????  Not sure if he was 40's era or not, but I used to watch him back in the 50's on TV when I was a kid.
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> wayne burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>   I heard this very funny piece on NPR a couple of years ago about a 
> 40's-era comedian who did skits about military life. In one skit he 
> played a radio-class instructor disgusted with a new class of 
> underachieving recruits who were there to learn the code. He chastised 
> them for not studying while bragging that he could teach anyone the 
> code, even "a dog," which cracked up the studio audience (or, I'm not 
> sure which, prompted the laugh-track operator to open it up all the 
> way).
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> Being not quite 50, I wasn't there. I bet a few of you were :) I 
> couldn't find his name with a web search. Anyone have a clue?
>
> tnx
> Wayne
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