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YES, THEY SAID THAT…
Quotes from Famous Peorians
MARIAN DRISCOLL
“I found Peoria a fine place to be brought up in. We had
no idea of being show people than Fibber has of giving
up spouting. Though, come to think of it, anyone born
in Peoria might automatically think of the theater. For
some reason, no one can understand Peoria has been
the butt of more vaudeville jokes than any other place in
the United States except Kalamazoo.”
Legendary radio comedian with her husband Jim Jordan
as Fibber McGee & Molly
True Story Magazine February 1950
Richard Culter died on January
28, 1929, from pneumonia. He
was 46. Artist C. Gibson wrote
in tribute, “Mr. Culter had the
ability to reflect life in terms of
humor. Even though you laugh
heartily at their ludicrous attire
and their ridiculous head-dresses,
you will come to the conclusion
that they must have had a
thoroughly good time. Which,
if memory has not utterly failed
me, they did.”
Pick up Richard Culter’s
book sometime and relive his
memories of his childhood, that
of old Peoria.