Created by Ralph Spence (1890-1940) "Out go the lights---on go the thrills! Shrieks! Yells! Roars! Screams! More Shrieks! MULLIGAN, MULLIGAN, WHERE THE HELL IS MULLIGAN?" -- lyrics from the musical Ralph Spence's 1925 play The Gorilla: A Musical Comedy, was a slight piece of silliness that intentionally lampooned the whole haunted house genre, so popular … Continue reading Mulligan and Garrity (The Gorilla)
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Ben Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan (The Gorilla)
Created by Ralph Spence (1890-1940) "A Ritz is afraid of nothing ... but ... THIS ... IS ... SOMETHING!" -- tagline The Gorilla was a relatively obscure comedy by playwright Ralph Spence (original title: The Gorilla: A Musical Comedy), which had a short run on Broadway way back in 1925, but it had surprising long … Continue reading Ben Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan (The Gorilla)