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Parkyakarkus was a pseudonym of Harry Einstein, an American comedian, writer, and actor. He was famous for his Greek dialect comedy and his radio show Meet Me at Parky's.
Harry Einstein was a comedian who often played the character Parkyakarkus in movies and TV shows. He died in 1958 after a Friar's Roast performance.
Dec 2, 2018 · Harry Einstein, a.k.a. Harry Parke, was a famous Greek-speaking character actor and comedian. He collapsed and died of a heart attack while roasting Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at the Friars Club in 1958.
Sep 27, 2021 · This is the full recording of comedian Harry "Parkyakarkus" Einstein's final moments on earth. On November, 23, 1958, he took the stage at the Friars Club Roast of Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz and...
Dec 28, 2018 · Comedian, writer, and character actor Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein (1904-1958) got his first break on national radio in 1934. His popularity snowballed, and by 1945 he was writing and performing his own show, Meet Me at Parky’s, on NBC.
Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus, was an American comedian, writer, and character actor.
Nov 15, 2015 · Watch a segment from a documentary about the Friars Club, a comedy club in New York, where Harry Einstein, also known as Parkyakarkus, died during a roast of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz....
Jan 13, 2013 · Listen to the audio recording of Harry Einstein's last comedy act as his character Parkyakarkas at a Friars Club roast in 1958. He died on stage after Art Linkletter's toast.
He became famous as the character Parkyakarkus ? park your carcass; that is, sit down ? who garbled Greek on Eddie Cantor’s radio show and appeared in eleven films using this name from 1936 to 1945.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Harry Einstein, the "Parkyakarkus" comedian of the Eddie Cantor radio show in the Nineteen Thirties, died backstage early today of a heart attack suffered...
