Talk:Ed Wynn

Name Change to Protect?
Noting "He ran away from home in his teens, worked as a hat salesman and as a utility boy,[6] and eventually adapted his middle name "Edwin" into his new stage name, "Ed Wynn", to save his family the embarrassment of having a low comedian as a relative."

I have to point out that most Jewish or generally-ethnic comics took on stage names. In fact, most actors, period, took on stage names. Jack Benny was actually Benjamin Kubelsky, George Burns was actually Nathan Birnbaum, and so forth. Making the leap to assert that Wynn removed the "Leopold" to save shame within his family, I think, needs to be substantiated.

Ed Wynn, to me, sounds like a clever stage name of the period -- nothing more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strideman (talk • contribs) 23:19, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

What does the phrase "mugging for the audience" mean?
What does the phrase "mugging for the audience" mean? Best regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 20:41, 16 March 2015 (UTC)


 * See Overacting. DoctorJoeE  review transgressions/ talk to me!  03:39, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Appearance on What's my line
He was possibly a good violin player; on what's my line he was using the violin quite proficiently, see here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJRG3DOr7F4 2A02:8388:1600:C80:BE5F:F4FF:FECD:7CB2 (talk) 06:37, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Mr. Busybody apparantly was the name of the musical comedy, the name was Appiuscanbee
...Wynn was a department store customer named Appiuscanbee... Lotje (talk) 10:28, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

I've added a TV guest appearance on THE RED SKELTON HOUR shortly before he died. When Wynn was publicly known to be dying of cancer, Skelton invited him on his show and told him they'd do whatever h e had the energy for. It was supposed to have been a marvelous show. LIFE MAGAZINE ran a one-page spread on the appearance at the time.

On another front, Wynn's co-star in t he 1940 Broadway show BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER was Jane Pickens, who later married into high society and became one of Newport,Rhode Island's supreme hostesses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.35 (talk) 14:15, 11 July 2023 (UTC)