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| Dick LeGrand (Mr. Peavy) |
Today I have a list of four similar characters. All seemed "tired" or lacking energy and testosterone:
Waldo Binney (Dink Trout, The Life of Riley.) He was the guy who always moaned, "Oh, my aching back!" - in the mid to late 1940's.
Mr. Anderson (again, Dink Trout, husband of Mrs. Anderson, Dennis' girlfriend on
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day.) Pretty much a sissy - his wife wore the pants in the family.
Mr. Peavy (
Richard Legrand, drug store owner on The Great Gildersleeve. He was the originator of the woeful, "Well now, I wouldn't say that" line in every Gildersleeve show he was on.) It seems for the most part, Peavy was the head of his house but on 99% of every other occasion, he was a mealy-mouthed push over (although he would certainly disagree -"
Well now, I wouldn't say that!")
Peavy has been known to get extremely angry. Craig Bullard, a youngster who lived near Gildersleeve, once made him so mad,
he really showed his evil side (Gildersleeve episode
450513 Meet Craig Bullard - the real fun starts about 16:45 or so.)
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| Mel Blanc (Mailman) |
Mailman (Mel Blanc of Jack Benny and Bugs Bunny/Warner Brothers' cartoon fame; Mailman appeared on
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.) Yes, he was a mail man. He never had many lines. Sadly, his lines usually weren't very funny either.
Wallace Wimple (Bill Thompson on Fibber McGee and Molly.) Wimple always walked around with a "Bird Book" (why that's funny, I'll never know - but it
is funny, anyway!) and was always complaining about his "Big ole wife" and the abuse he had to take from her.
