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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Aug 20, 2017, 04:01 PM Aug 2017

From five weeks ago: Jerry Lewis and the "Typewriter Song"

Jerry Lewis and the "Typewriter Song."

"Who's Minding the Store?" came on TV this morning. I saw Leroy Anderson's "Typewriter Song" listed in the credits. I like Leroy Anderson, so I made it far enough into the movie to see how it would be shown. I didn't have to wait long.



Those of you who have used a typewriter, what is the first thing you notice? I mean, other than the absence of a typewriter.

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Leroy Anderson

Jerry Lewis is still alive, but "{i}n June 2017, Lewis was hospitalized at a Las Vegas hospital after suffering from a urinary tract infection."
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From five weeks ago: Jerry Lewis and the "Typewriter Song" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2017 OP
The first thing I notice... jmowreader Aug 2017 #1
Exactly. auntAgonist Aug 2017 #2
So THAT'S it. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2017 #3

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
1. The first thing I notice...
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 08:34 PM
Aug 2017

...is his mom MUST have had a Hebrew-language typewriter at home. (He grew up in a Jewish home.) Hebrew reads right-to-left, so the return lever on a Hebrew typewriter is on the right end of the carriage.

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