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 The
pigtails-and-calico fad was huge on college campuses across
the United States in 1943, which can be attributed to
one Miss Judy Canova, born Juliette Canova, and a direct
descendent of Italian sculptor Antonio Canova, whose "The
Three Graces" are displayed in the Louvre.
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Judy Canova, the character, derived from her then Husband
Bob Burns' persona, was first built in to her act early
on in her career--basically, a hillbilly, hog caller,
and hayseed. Judy started her career in a traveling family
group, usually yodeling, singing and playing guitar, with
her Sister Annie and her brother Zeke.The sibling trio
were called, but what else than the Three Canovas.On
a very fortunate night while the Canovas were performing
in a nightclub act in New York Cityin 1933, Rudy Vallee,
the famous saxophonist and host of his then popular show
Fleischmann Hour, happened to  be in the audience
while the Canovas performed. An astonished Vallee approached
Judy and asked her to appear on his show.From that moment
on, Judy's career left the ground.
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Judy Canova Show opened with a monologue and novelty
song, and then broke out into sidesplitting half hour
comedy skit. Sometimes, Judy would go off and tell tall
tales about her pig, Loverboy, or about her chopped-liver-ice-cream
lovin' Cousin Ureenus. Some memorable catchphrases regularly
came from the comic genius of cast member Mel
Blanc, who played Pedro the Mexican Gardener-Chauffeur;
he once uttered "Pardon me for talking in your face,
senorita-thirty days hacienda, April, June, and sombrero."
One of the most unforgettable catchphrases came in Judy's
closing theme Goodnight Soldier during war times, which
went "wherever you may be…my heart's lonely…without
you."
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