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* "Ludlow Bean, the groom , got pretty banged up at the wedding. Somebody hit him with some rice. It was still in the fifty-pound bag."

"The entire population of Mount Idy--308 souls in all--was rushed to the Mount Idy Emergency Hospital on Memorial Day, due to a slight oversight on the part of Ludlow Bean. At noon, the old Civil War cannon in the town square was fired, and everybody in town rushed out to the park and dove into our new swimming pool. Ludlow Bean was the only one who didn't go to the hospital. He was also the one who forgot to fill the pool."
"We all saw Elsie Krack the other day, which made us all very happy, because when you see Elsie at this time of the year it means six weeks of good weather."
" were such a lovely couple. She was so bowlegged and he was so knock-kneed that then they walked down the street they spelled OX."
"Son, I don't mind those two insulting each other, but I think your father went just a little bit too far when he and Grandpa went out in the hot sun to play Croquet and Grandpa had a stroke--and your father made him count it."
"We're all proud of Ludlow . When he first came to Mount Idy, he started out in a small way. He started as an organ grinder, with one small monkey. He worked hard and saved. Two years later he expanded--now he has a pipe organ and a gorilla. He doesn't have any trouble with people putting money in the cup now."
"Well, son, I must close now and go help your father. He just went down to the barn to feed the pigs with Grandpa Ogg. There's a big fist fight going on down there. Grandpa doesn't want to be fed to the pigs. Love, Mamma."

"Weaver" issued books compiled from the letters, and also recorded a comedy album based on the routine for Columbia Records.

Later Career, and Legacy

In his "Charley Weaver" persona, he was later a regular on the original version of the television show Hollywood Squares, placed in an oft-visited 'square' to give him a good deal of comic opportunities.

Cliff died of a stroke in 1974 at the age of 68.

Selected bibliography

Charley Weaver's Letters From Mamma (with introduction by Jack Paar; John C. Winston Co., 1959)
Charley Weaver's Family Album (These Are My People) (John C. Winston Co., 1960)

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