Papers, 1938-1946.

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Papers, 1938-1946.

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Collection consists of materials related to the career of radio and television comedian Al Pearce. Includes script files, transcription disks, photographs that appear mostly related to radio programs in which Pearce was involved; and a small amount of memorabilia. The script files include drafts of completed and revised scripts and script pages for multiple radio shows, among them The Al Pearce Show, Al Pearce and His Gang, The Al Pearce Show for Camel Cigarettes, Fun Valley, Here Comes Elmer, The Life of Elmer Blurt, and Backstage in Broadcasting. The transcription disks include twelve and sixteen inch platters of selected Pearce radio shows; the bulk of the recordings are of The Al Pearce Show and Here Comes Elmer. The photographs are headshots of Pearce and promotional shots related to Pearce's career. Additionally, there is a small amount of memorabilia consisting of vital records and an Al Pearce and His Happy Prune Pickers recipe booklet.

8 boxes (4.0 linear ft.)7 album boxes (3 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7370537

University of California, Los Angeles

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Pearce, Al, 1898-1961

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Albert Walter Pearce was born July 25, 1898 in San Jose, Calif. Pearce worked as a door-to-door insurance salesman for a time, but eventually went into the real estate business in San Francisco, Calif. with his brother Cal Pearce. In the late 1920s, Pearce got a position as a singer at a local radio station, KFRC. At KFRC, he was introduced to Jack Hasty who asked Pearce to play the lead role in a skit he had written, as Elmer Blurp (later changed to Elmer Blurt). Elmer Blurp was a character tha...