THE BOWERY BOYS

THE BOWERY BOYS

I had watched this program as I was growing up. I really can’t tell you whom my favorite character was. I guess it was a toss up between “slip and satch moe” as he was called sometimes.

The Bowery Boys were a group of men who got together to form a comedy team. The original cast was:

A. Leo Gorcey
B. Hintz Hall
C. Bobby Jordan
D. Gabriel Dell
E. Bernard Punsley

These actors made films and sitcoms.

They were also called by other names too:

A. Little Tough Guys
B. Dead End Kids
C. Little Touch Guys
D. East Side Kids

Little Tough Guys was owned by Universal Studios. And were making their own version of The Bowery Boys. They only made three flims. And they had made some Chapter series also.

THE EAST SIDE KIDS (DEAD END KIDS) were owned by Warner Brothers. And they were released from their contract. They had picked up two other characters and these were:

A. Jodarn
B. The Gorcey Brothers Leo and David
C. Hally Chester

They were star in a movie called (SUNNY SUNSHINE) that were using some of the original characters of the Bowery Boys.

Leo Gorcey was released from his contract after a 40% raise in his salary.

The original Bowery Boys had talked to their own agent. This include:

A Grippo
B. Gorcey
C. Hall

Since Gorcey had owned 40% of the company, they had new scripts. With a different hang out. Now they were hanging out at (LOUIE’S SWEET SHOP). And, it all revolved them hanging around the Sweet Shop. And they hung around there until some kind of adventure came up.

The main Characters in this now were:

A. Terrence Aloysius (Slip Mahoney) played by Leo Gorcey
B. Horace Debussy (Satch Moe as he was called sometimes) Jones Huntz
C. Whitey played by (Billy Benedict)
D. Chuck (played by David Gorcey
E. Butch (played by Bennie Bartlett, sometimes being played by Buddy Gorman)

The Malt shop’s owner was played by (Bernard Gorcey) whom was Leo and David’s father.

Some of the cast members left the series because of something, Bobby Jordan left because of being hurt by an eleavator, some left because they were not happy with the series, “SAMMY SUNSHINE” known as (SCRUNO) just decided not to come back so he took a long vacation from acting.

In the 1950’s Abbott and Costello were coming into the comedy sector along with the Three Stooges.

After the Bowery Boys were fading out Huntz Hall became the costar to show his abilities. Now the story revolved around 3 or 4 boys, Satch Huntz Hall to become into view more often, with some of his zany characteristics such as:

A. Becoming a psychic
B. Champion Wrestler
C. Singer

Unlike the streetwise “Abbott and Costello”, Gorcey and Hall became close as a comedy team. They started more into slapstick comedy.

In 1955 Bernard Gorcey had been in an auto accident that had killed him. This left his sons greatly affected. Leo became in a heated argument with “Allied Artists”. He wanted another 40% increase in his pay. They denied him of this so he had quit.