| The guy from Eddie Are You Kidding Me.... [message #248041] |
Do, 13 April 2006 17:12 |
|
Eddie
Eagle-eyed reader Doug Thomson spotted the paid obituary in Saturday's
Los Angeles Times for Edward G. Nalbandian, better known as Eddie in TV
commercials for his clothing store Zachary All. The Wilshire Boulevard
shop with the made-up name carried everything in sizes "Cadet, Extra
Short, Regular, Long, Extra Long and Portlies," or so Eddie promised.
Zachary All carpet-bombed the local airwaves with commercials from the
1960s to 1993, at first with Eddie doing the pitches live without cue
cards. He became a recognized cult figure in Los Angeles, a friend to
celebrities such as Lenny Bruce-they would get coffee at
Canter's-and personal tailor to Cary Grant. Frank Zappa and The
Mothers of Invention recorded the homage "Eddie, Are You Kidding?" on
their 1972 album, Just Another Band from L.A. Eddie was interviewed in
1994 by the L.A. Business Journal and paid tribute last year on the
blog A Fool in the Forest. Hard to believe the Times didn't find him
worthy of a news obit. Nalbandian was 78.
Photo: Scanned from LAT obituary
|
|
|
| Re: The guy from Eddie Are You Kidding Me.... [message #248044 ] |
Do, 13 April 2006 22:54 |
|
On 13 Apr 2006 08:12:23 -0700, "unionman" <tonyburke [at] mac.com> wrote:
>
>Eagle-eyed reader Doug Thomson spotted the paid obituary in Saturday's
>Los Angeles Times for Edward G. Nalbandian, better known as Eddie in TV
>commercials for his clothing store Zachary All. The Wilshire Boulevard
Thanks for the head's up.
|
|
|
