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Bert Gordon (April 8, 1895 – November 30, 1974) was an American comedian and voice actor who appeared in vaudeville, radio, and occasionally films. Gordon was born Barney Gorodetsky. He appeared in many roles over his lengthy career and was known by the moniker "the Mad Russian". He was a regular on ''The Eddie Cantor Program'', and also appeared on ''The Jack Benny Program'', and ''The Abbott and Costello Program''. In 1945 he starred in his own film vehicle, ''How Doooo You Do!!!'', directed by Ralph Murphy. Gordon played himself in an episode of ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' in 1964 along with several other radio-era performers.〔(The Return of Edwin Carp ) - Season 3 : Ep. 27 of the Dick Van Dyke Showe〕 ==In popular culture== *Gordon's character was parodied a number of times in Warner Bros. cartoons, including *Bob Clampett's ''What's Cookin' Doc?'' (1944), in which Bugs Bunny wins a "Booby Prize Oscar", and tells it "I'll take youse to bed with me every night,", upon which the Oscar-like statue comes to life and says, in the Mad Russian's voice, "Do you mean it?".〔Beck, Jerry and Friedwald, Will. ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoon''. New York, Henry Holt, 1989. p.147〕〔("A Tale of Two Gordons" ) on the WFMU website〕 *Clampett's ''Russian Rhapsody'' (1944), in which a "Gremlin from the Kremlin" says "How dooooo you do" with Gordon's inflections before hitting Hitler with a mallet.〔 *Clampett's ''Hare Ribbin''' (1944), in which the Gordon character, voiced by Sammy Wolfe, is a dog with red-hair who chases Bugs Bunny〔〔Beck, Jerry and Friedwald, Will. ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoon''. New York, Henry Holt, 1989. p.151〕 After 1942, Bert Gordon was no longer referred to on the Eddie Cantor Show as The Mad Russian, but as "Our Russian Friend," this presumably so as not to give offense to Stalin, the Russians having recently switched alliance so as to be on the side of the Allies. Following the defeat of Germany in the spring of 1945, and Russia then being at odds with the United States, Bert Gordon was dropped from the show entirely. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bert Gordon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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