Did Rory Emerald Make A Special Guest Appearance On The Abbott And Costello Show And The Colgate Comedy Hour?

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1. Comment by michael7

   The stormy history between Rory Emerald and the Abbot and Costello comedy duo has been documented in many publications, and I will not bore you will all the details. Their bitter feud escalated, and finally culminated with Rory Emerald’s public urination on the beloved duo’s Hollywood walk of fame tribute. It all started in the 1950’s in rural Minnesota, when the young and impressionable Rory Emerald was regaled with tales of his late great-great grandfather, Booby, as told by his grandfather, Bubby. It seems that when Booby Horowitz was a young man living in the metropolis of New York, he was a great fan of both the New York Highlanders and the Brooklyn Robins, two of the cities baseball entrants at the turn of the century. Booby was such a fan that he wrote a vaudeville act, using the first base, second base and third base situations in combination with the names, When, Why and How do I know. The act flopped, but Booby was a meticulous young man and he had his comedy routine copyrighted. When Booby saw and heard Abbot and Costello’s routine “Who’s on First”, he was enraged and tried to sue them for violation of copyright laws. The New York courts were taking the case under advisement when Booby was struck by a streetcar and tragically died. As Rory Emerald grew up, he became more and more resentful of the cash cow that the comedy duo was making from Booby’s hard work. He approached Lou Costello first, and then Bud Abbot, who were not speaking to each other at this time. Neither one admitted to any wrong doing. Rory Emerald found the original documentation of the “When is first base?” brilliant routine, as painstakingly written by his late great-great grandfather in 1907. He took the case to the Supreme Court, but it was overturned, in 1973. This did not sit well with Rory Emerald. He started going on the talk show circuit, attempting to discredit the Abbot and Costello team by recreating Booby’s act, usually with character actor Leslie Neilson as the straight man. For the most part, the act was met with tepid indifference. Finally, in an act of bitter contempt, Rory Emerald defiled the beloved duo’s monument in Hollywood, claiming a bout with incontinence. After reviewing his medical condition, a Beverly Hills judge discharged Mr. Emerald from any wrong doing and the case of public nuisance and indecent exposure was dismissed.

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