“Good, bad or indifferent, Berle and his jokes have have received more free publicity from rival comedians than from any other source. When Mama Berle first took to sitting among the spectators and keying them with her well-practiced booming laugh, one comic threatened to have the Berles investigated under the antitrust act.”
1951 Milton Berle magazine articleMilton Berle as Mr Television 1951early television history and Milton BerleMilton Berle earliest TV comedian 1951
1951 Milton Berle magazine articleMilton Berle as Mr Television 1951early television history and Milton BerleMilton Berle earliest TV comedian 1951