Bert Lahr
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Sep 10, 2026
Marion NestleGUEST
Um, and of course, they're deliberately formulated to be irresistibly delicious or irresistible in one way or another.
Marion NestleGUEST
There's that famous Lay's potato chip commercial with Burt Lahr holding up a, a potato chip saying, "You can't eat just one." That's the point.
Kate BittmanHOST
Yeah.
Marion NestleGUEST
And so the whole deal about ultra-processed foods is that part of the definition of ultra-processed foods is that they're deliberately designed to make you not be able to stop eating, and that's why it's a problem.
Miles EadieHOST
Jack Haley was borrowed from 20th Century Fox as Ebsen's replacement.
Miles EadieHOST
Haley was a seasoned vaudevillian who was able to fit in with the cast, having previously appeared on screen with Judy Garland and on stage with Burt Lahr.
Miles EadieHOST
Burt Lahr's Cowardly Lion was a roaring success.
Miles EadieHOST
Equal parts vaudeville and vulnerable, showing there was heart behind the ham.
Miles EadieHOST
The film's moral landscape was colour-coded.
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Miles EadieHOST
But the real shift came with television.
Miles EadieHOST
In 1956, after CBS failed to secure the rights to showing Gone with the Wind, MGM offered The Wizard of Oz instead, selling it for $225,000 per broadcast in what was their first major film deal with a network.
Miles EadieHOST
The initial airing, hosted by Burt Lahr and a young Liza Minnelli, drew 45 million viewers, over half the available audience.
JeanNARRATOR
He obtained his license in 1921 and two years later became a member of the American Institute of Architects, its first documented black member.
JeanNARRATOR
He built his business designing dream homes for powerful clients, including Barbara Stanwyck, Bert Lahr, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, and Desi Arnaz.
JeanNARRATOR
Hudson published a lavish coffee book table with Rizzoli in 2012 that helped establish his work in this area.
JeanNARRATOR
But the new exhibits plan to go on beyond his reputation as an architect to the stars.
JeanNARRATOR
He obtained his license in 1921 and two years later became a member of the American Institute of Architects, its first documented black member.
JeanNARRATOR
He built his business designing dream homes for powerful clients, including Barbara Stanwyck, Bert Lahr, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, and Desi Arnaz.
JeanNARRATOR
Hudson published a lavish coffee book table with Rizzoli in 2012 that helped establish his work in this area.
JeanNARRATOR
But the new exhibits plan to go on beyond his reputation as an architect to the stars.
James CommissarGUEST
The hair swirls, the scars that were incurred in their lifetime, battle scars, coloration, and it's almost like a fingerprint.
James CommissarGUEST
And we started to review stills of actor Bert Lahr in this very important role, and it just matched up the...
James CommissarGUEST
The legs were very specifically made and they were seamed together down the fronts of the legs.
James CommissarGUEST
You could see that fur was added along the vertical of the costume.
Steven WeberGUEST
And all that stuff.
Steven WeberGUEST
Bert Lahr.
Steven WeberGUEST
Bert Lahr.
Steven WeberGUEST
That's right.
Steven WeberGUEST
That's right.
Alan WeissGUEST
Well, you know, you think back to The Wizard of Oz, the classic movie.
Alan WeissGUEST
The lion wanted courage, played by Burt Lahr.
Alan WeissGUEST
And when they finally discovered the wizard and they got him out from behind the green curtain, the wizard gave the lion a badge that said he was courageous.
Alan WeissGUEST
He didn't do anything magical.
Marty GentiusHOST
yeah.
Marty GentiusHOST
They had to smell Bert Lahr sweat for the whole night.
Marty GentiusHOST
Yeah.
Marty GentiusHOST
They went to Hollywood on a dream and they wound up smelling Burt Blar's sweat.
Bob LamondNARRATOR
This Friday night, as CBS Radio's stage struck, introduces that exclusive theatrical fraternity, The Players.
Bob LamondNARRATOR
Participants will be Franklin P. Adams, Gene Hirshholt, Jimmy Cagney, Ray Bolger, Bobby Clark, Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwick, Bert Lahr, Charles Lawton, and hosts more of The Players.
Bob LamondNARRATOR
It's Friday night on CBS Radio's Stage Struck, now heard half an hour later on most of these same stations.
Bob LamondNARRATOR
And now once again, Thomas Highland and the second act of Crime Classics.
Christian GarciaGUEST
Suddenly, a lion bounds out of the shadows.
Christian GarciaGUEST
I do wanna do a side by side of this with the Bert Lahr entrance.
Christian GarciaGUEST
I do think they-
Emily Kay ShraderHOST
That'd be really fun
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