Robin "Bob" Burns (August 2, 1890 – February 2, 1956), born Robin Burn and nicknamed The Arkansas Traveler and The Arkansas Philosopher, was a popular American radio and film comedian during the 1930s and 1940s. Bob Burns is the name of: Bob Burns, American radio and film comedian of the 1930s and 1940s Bob Burns (golfer), American PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour professional golfer Bob Burns (drummer), original drummer in Lynyrd Skynyrd Bob Burns (Synapse Operations Manager), involved in early, student-run television at Syracuse... August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Greenwood, Arkansas, Burns popularized the word bazooka which had wide usage during World War II as the name of a weapon ^[1] and then as Topps Chewing Gum's Bazooka bubblegum. Burns actually did not coin the word although he is often credited as the originator of the word. It existed from at least 1918, for the same musical instrument that he is credited with inventing. ^[2] Greenwood is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, in the United States. ... The bazooka is a folk musical instrument, a primitive version of a trombone, usually with a lower but less wide range. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Topps Company, Inc. ... Bazooka is a brand of bubble gum that began to be marketed in the U.S. by the Brooklyn, New York based Topps Company shortly after World War II. The gum was packaged in a patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme, although Topps claims that it took the name... Bubblegum is a type of chewing gum that is especially designed for blowing bubbles. ...

Burns's bazooka was not a weapon, though, but a rustic homemade novelty instrument fashioned from stove pipes and a whiskey funnel. World War II GIs nicknamed their handheld anti-tank rocket launchers after the physical similarity to Burns's instrument. Functioning like a crude trombone, the musical bazooka had a narrow range and less-than-dulcet tone, but this was intentional, since Burns used the instrument as a prop while telling his comic hillbilly stories and jokes. GI may stand for: Galvanized Iron Gastrointestinal, a division of the human anatomy in medicine Generic identifier Geodætisk Institut, a former Danish cartographic institute Geographical indication Game Informer, a video games magazine Government issue, meaning army enlisted personnel Government Issue, A 1980s Hardcore Band G.I. Joe, a... Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas. ...

His radio personality was that of a low-key, self-effacing, rustic bumpkin with a grabbag of amusing stories about "the kinfolks" back home in Van Buren, Arkansas. His character was patterned after Sanford Faulkner (1806-74), composer of the popular fiddle tune, "The Arkansas Traveler." Van Buren, Arkansas (IPA: ) is the second largest city in the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the county seatGR6 of Crawford County, Arkansas. ... Colonel Sanford C. Sandy Faulkner (1806-1874) was a teller of tall tales, fiddle player, and composer of the popular fiddle tune The Arkansas Traveller which was the State song of Arkansas from 1949-1963. ...

NBC's 30th anniversary show brought together (l to r) Bob Burns (with his bazooka), Tommy Riggs, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Rudy Vallee and Joe Penner.

Burns starred on Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall radio program, then had his own radio series -- The Arkansas Traveler (1941-43) and The Bob Burns Show (1943-49). He also performed in several movies. Burns died from kidney cancer in Encino, California at the age of 66. Joe Penner (11 November 1904 - 10 January 1941) was a 1930s-era radio and film comic and vaudevillian. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer that involves cancerous changes in the cells of the renal tubule, is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. ... Encino is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley. ...

Filmography

• Quick Millions (as Robert Burns) (1931)
• Young As You Feel (1931)
• Lazy River (1934)
• Rhythm on The Range (1936)
• The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
• Waikiki Wedding (1937)
• Mountain Music (1937)
• The Arkansas Traveller (1938)
• I'm from Missouri (1939)

Quick Millions is a 1931 movie thriller involving a truck driver (Spencer Tracy) and the wealthy woman (Marguerite Churchill) that he covets. ... Waikiki Wedding was a 1936 musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby. ...

Listen to

• OTR with Bobb Lynes: The Bob Burns Show (audition show of November 23, 1947)

References

1. ^ VanBuren.com, Burns page on Van Buren, Arkansas site
2. ^ Waukeesha Freeman, January 17, 1918

External links

• Bob Burns at the Internet Movie Database
• Bob Burns hometown tribute
• Bob Burns tribute page
• Bob Burns' gravesite

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