Jackie Vernon

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Jackie Vernon (born Ralph Verrone, 1924 – 1989) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and voice actor best known for his role as Frosty the Snowman in the Rankin/Bass Productions Christmas special Frosty the Snowman and its sequel Frosty's Winter Wonderland.

Early life

In New York City, Jackie Vernon was born Ralph Verrone on March 29, 1924. He attended and graduated from high school before enlisting and serving in the United States Air Force. He began performing stand-up comedy in a number of small nightclubs and hotel lounges around the country, from New York, to Chicago, to Miami, and Los Angeles.

Personal life

Vernon was married to Hazel Sawyer when he was young. They had three children, David, Lisa, and Tracey.

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Career

Vernon was known for his gentle, low-key delivery, and self-deprecating humour. "The King of Deadpan" has been dubbed "The King of Deadpan." "Look, look, it's impossible to believe I was once regarded as a dull guy," his opening line read.

Vernon bounced around the country in whatever stand-up comedy roles he could find, mainly in strip joints and hotel lounges, beginning in the 1950s, according to Dick Brooks. Even then, he had a distinctive style, often cracking up members of the audience with his inside jokes. He decided to give New York City a try, and after making the rounds of agents who had their offices in the city, he was often seen hanging around Hanson's Drug Store, a place where small-time comedians and shows in New York's theater section. Willie Weber, the comedian's manager, had picked him up. Vernon was noticed in 1963 while doing stand-up at a local nightclub in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where Steve Allen was on hand and invited Vernon to appear on his late-night television show, Celebrity Talent Scouts.

Vernon appeared on several occasions as the opening act for both Dean Martin and Judy Garland, as well as as The Merv Griffin Exhibition, where he informed the host that his original stage name had been "Nosmo King," which he had noticed on a sign (i.e.). (No smoking): It's been a long time. In a monologue, he would discuss prisons and begin with, "Good morning, jail supporters."

Vernon was also known to produce unusual and darker sketches, including his ultimately tragic attempt to convert a watermelon into a household pet. Jackie would be plagued by strange coincidences and misfortune and then learn it was closed. He had been waiting for a fist fight, but the match had turned into a hockey game at the time.

The "Vacation Slide Show" was one of his early bits. There were no slides on display; they were obviously off-screen as he described them; they were certainly off-screen; they were unveiled, using a hand-clicker to advance to each "slide":

"We lived in a tiny town built on a one-way street," Vernon's joke: "We lived in a small town." To get back, if you missed it."

Vernon was once a trumpet player and would often carry a cornet as a prop during his stand-up routines. It was seldom played with Henny Youngman and his violin. "I play like I'm Hirt" as he appeared on a summer variety program hosted by Al Hirt in 1965. He was a hit on The Ed Sullivan Show and other variety shows, where he often ended his performance by blowing a cornet and saying, "I think I hurt myself."

He appeared on the "Celebrity Roasts" that were a staple of 1970s television, as well as being a fixture on the dais at the original live Friars Club Roasts before and after the televised versions. The roast audience erupted, often before the punch line of the jokes, as Vernon's signature "deadpan" expression and delivery often had the roast audiences raving. Vernon's first stand-up routine of sex jokes was published on December 6, 1972, when it was named Sex Is Not Risky To Your Health. "I thought to myself...what a nice guy" Vernon's X-rated story-style jokes about people engaging in extreme sexual depravity became a celebrity, often with the added tag line.

Vernon also appeared in Wayne Berwick's 1979 horror film Microwave Massacre, in which he plays a lascivious construction builder who murders his wife for chasing him around and giving him too many microwaved "gourmet" meals.

Vernon said that for the first few years after starting to stand up in the 1950s, he'd write letters to his hero Charlie Chaplin, but that he never got a reply or any acknowledgment of his letter-writing. After Vernon became well-known and was making TV appearances, he eventually stopped writing to Chaplin. During a Las Vegas appearance, the hotel's management told Charlie Chaplin that the night would be in the audience that night; Jackie asked if he might meet Chaplin. He was told that Chaplin was eating dinner right then in the restaurant. Vernon stepped up to Chaplin's table, and Chaplin interrupted him, saying, "Of course, Jackie Vernon."

Tell me: why did you stop writing?"

Despite his fame as a raunchy comedian, Vernon was also the voice of the popular family friendly Rankin-Bass television show Frosty the Snowman (1969), which has been seen on CBS every year since its debut. In two more Rankin-Bass specials, Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas (1979), he later reprised his voice:

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