Allan Sherman was born on November 30, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Allan Copelon. He was married to Dee Chackes. He died on November 20, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Fairfax High School, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Nationality
American
Spouse
Dee Chackes children
Children
Robert Sherman
Parents
Percy Copelon, Rose Copelon
Awards
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Nominations
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, NME Award for World Musical Personality
Movies
Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Cat in the Hat
TV Shows
I've Got a Secret, What's Going On, Charley Weaver's Hobby Lobby
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Quote
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On why he always insisted on full orchestral backing on his recordings: The effect is like this - you're looking into Tiffany's most elegant store window, and in the window is a black velvet pillow, and right in the middle of the pillow is an onion - that's me!
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Nobody ever told me anything about sex. I was a nice Jewish boy so I knew you shouldn't do it, whatever it was, to nice girls. All my life I have been attracted to nice girls - the kind you aren't supposed to do it to. And they, too, have been brought up, at least in my generation, that they shouldn't do it either. How it gets done between nice people is a mystery to me. What I think happens is, nice people do it, but their hearts aren't in it.
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Fact
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Attended University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign with Sheldon Keller.
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Attended University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign with Arte Johnson (Laugh-In).
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Parents are Percy Copelon and Rose Sherman.
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Following his sudden death, he was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Allan Sherman passed away on November 20, 1973, only ten days before what would have been his 49th birthday on November 30.
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Attended the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, but was expelled for breaking into a campus sorority house.
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Had been a comedy writer for other comedians including Joe E. Lewis and Jackie Gleason.
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Served in the United States Army for only a few months in World War II, when he was discharged as medically unfit. The cause, reportedly, was an allergy to Brazil nuts.
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Although Sherman was credited as co-producer on Bill Cosby's first three albums on Warner Brothers Records, Cosby later admitted that Sherman's involvement was minimal at best but was emphasized on the album covers in order to boost sales.
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In or around 1957, while he was still a television producer, Sherman prepared a full-length Jewish-American parody of "My Fair Lady", then the hottest show on Broadway, but was never able to record it because of copyright considerations. The parody included such song titles as "With a Little Bit of Lox" (based on "With a Little Bit of Luck") and "I've Got the Customers to Face" (based on "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face").
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Began his public career as a song parodist by recording two songs for the small Jubilee Records label, "Jake's Song", based on the Bing and Gary Crosby hit "Sam's Song", and "A Satchel and a Seck", based on "A Bushel and a Peck" from "Guys and Dolls". The recording went nowhere upon its initial release in 1951, but when it was re-released in 1962, following the success of "My Son the Folk-Singer," it sold moderately well. It was said that Sherman was not particularly proud of this early effort.
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Co-wrote his first (and last) Broadway musical with Albert Hague in 1969. A satire on the so-called sexual revolution titled "The Fig Leaves Are Falling", it was directed by Broadway legend George Abbott and starred Barry Nelson, Dorothy Loudon and David Cassidy. It was the latter's Broadway debut, more than a year before he won fame on The Partridge Family (1970). The show itself ran exactly four performances.
Hosted an episode of "The Tonight Show" with the first appearance of a 25 year old Bill Cosby.
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Died while entertaining friends at the piano.
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Original creator/producer of both "I've Got a Secret" and Jackie Gleason's game show fiasco "You're in the Picture", the former running almost two decades, the latter running for only one week.
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Scored a top-ten hit in 1963 with "Hello, Muddah! Hello, Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)".
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Said to be one of then-President John F. Kennedy's favorite comedians. Kennedy could frequently be heard singing Sherman's parodies.
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Comedian and song parodist extraordinaire, whose humor albums ("My Son, the Folksinger", "Allan in Wonderland") were bestsellers during the 1960s.
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Author of two books, "A Gift of Laughter", an autobiography published in 1964, and "The Rape of the APE" (American Puritan Ethic), a critically praised comic history of the sexual revolution published in 1973, a few months before his death.
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Introduced Bill Cosby to his first national audience. Famous song parodist, usually teamed with Lou Busch.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Spise med Price
2016
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
One Hit Wonderland
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2012
Some Jerk with a Camera
2011
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Fired Up!
2009
writer: "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
Tales of the Rat Fink
2006
Documentary performer: "Rat Fink aka Rag Mop"
The King of Queens
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1999 writer - 1 episode, 1999
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1997
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Simpsons
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1995 writer - 1 episode, 1995
Video performer: "Sarah Jackman" / writer: "Sarah Jackman"
Fame
TV Series lyrics - 3 episodes, 1982 - 1984 music - 3 episodes, 1982 - 1984
The Cat in the Hat
1971
TV Short performer: "The Gradunza", "Calculatus Eliminatus", "I'm A Punk", "Beautiful Kittenfish", "Anything Under The Sun", "Cat, Hat", "Sweep Up The Memories"
The Kraft Music Hall
1968
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Fanfare
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1965 writer - 1 episode, 1965
The Hollywood Palace
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1965 writer - 1 episode, 1965
The Lively Ones
1963
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Vampire Over London
1952
performer: "My Son, the Vampire" - uncredited / writer: "My Son, the Vampire" - uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The New Steve Allen Show
1962
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Your Surprise Package
1961
TV Series producer
The Jackie Gleason Show
1961
TV Series producer
The Charlie Weaver Show
1959
TV Series producer
I've Got a Secret
TV Series producer - 2 episodes, 1956 associate producer - 1 episode, 1955
The Herb Shriner Show
1956
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Masquerade Party
1952
TV Series producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Allan Sherman: Folk Singer?
1965
TV Movie
Funnyland
1965
TV Special
Allan in Wonderland
1964
TV Movie
The Jackie Gleason Show
1961
TV Series co-creator
I've Got a Secret
1952
TV Series co-creator
Broadway Open House
1950
TV Series
Cavalcade of Stars
1950
TV Series script - 1 episode
The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue
1949
TV Series writer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection
1991
Video
Barry Bachman
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
1973
TV Short
Cat in the Hat (voice)
Wacky Taxi
1972
Nervous Man
The Cat in the Hat
1971
TV Short
The Cat in the Hat (voice)
The Loner
1965
TV Series
Walton Peterson Tetley
Allan Sherman: Folk Singer?
1965
TV Movie
Allan in Wonderland
1964
TV Movie
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Bill Cosby Show
1971
TV Series 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mike Douglas Show
1967-1972
TV Series
Himself - Humorist / Himself - P / Himself
The David Frost Show
1971
TV Series
Himself
The Real Tom Kennedy Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Steve Allen Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Joey Bishop Show
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Hollywood Squares
1967-1969
TV Series
Himself - Panelist / Himself - Center Square
Della
1969
TV Series
Himself
Allen Ludden's Gallery
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1963-1969
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest Host / Himself
Showtime
1968
TV Series
Himself
Billy Cotton Band Show
1964-1968
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Singer
Dee Time
1968
TV Series
Himself
Everybody's Talking
1967
TV Series
Himself
What's My Line?
1964-1967
TV Series
Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself - Panelist
The Ed Sullivan Show
1965-1967
TV Series
Himself - Comedian / Himself - Singer / Comedian / ...
Hippodrome
1966
TV Series
Himself - Host (show 2)
The Blackpool Show
1966
TV Series
Himself
The Andy Williams Show
1966
TV Series
Himself
The Dean Martin Show
1965-1966
TV Series
Himself
The Hollywood Palace
1965
TV Series
Himself - Comedy Singer / Himself - Comedian / Singer
Today
1965
TV Series
Himself
Fanfare
1965
TV Series
Himself
Blackpool Night Out
1965
TV Series
Himself
The Celebrity Game
1965
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Funnyland
1965
TV Special
Himself - Host
The Match Game
1964
TV Series
Himself - Team Captain
On Broadway Tonight
1964
TV Series
Himself
I've Got a Secret
1963-1964
TV Series
Himself - Panelist / Himself - Guest
The Garry Moore Show
1963-1964
TV Series
Himself
Juke Box Jury
1964
TV Series
Himself - Panellist
That Was the Week That Was
1964
TV Series
Himself
Here's Edie
1963
TV Series
Himself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
1963
TV Series
The Lively Ones
1963
TV Series
Himself - Performer
Fractured Flickers
1963
TV Series
Himself
Talent Scouts
1963
TV Series
Himself
Stump the Stars
1963
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Hollywood Palace
1970
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963-1969) as Himself - Guest / Himself - Guest Host / Himself
The Match Game (1964) as Himself - Team Captain
The Hollywood Squares (1967-1969) as Himself - Panelist / Himself - Center Square
$1.3 Million
