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Harry Steppe (born Abraham Stepner, March 1888 – November 22, 1934) was a Jewish-American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer, who toured North America working in Vaudeville and Burlesque Harry claimed to have coined such terms as "top banana" (the headliner or top act on the bill),... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
Date of Birth:
1888
Date of Death:
1934
Nationality:
United States
Profession:
Comedian, Actor

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Harry Steppe Although Steppe had penned the "Pokomoko" (aka Niagara Falls) Routine ("Slowly I Turned, step by step, inch by inch...")" and performed it with The Three Stooges, other writers, including fellow Vaudevillians Joey Faye and Samuel Goldman each laid claim to the skit, too.

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Harry Steppe Although Steppe had penned the "Pokomoko" (aka Niagara Falls) Routine ("Slowly I Turned, step by step, inch by inch...")" and performed it with The Three Stooges, other writers, including fellow Vaudevillians Joey Faye and Samuel Goldman each laid claim to the skit, too.

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Slowly I Turned Comedians Harry Steppe, Joey Faye (1909-1997), and Samuel Goldman each laid claim to this timeless classic of show business, also commonly referred to as, variously, "The Stranger with a Kind Face" (by clowns and clowning aficionados), "Niagara Falls" (by fans of The Three Stooges), "Pokomoko" or "Bagel Street" (by Abbott and Costello lovers), and "Martha" (by fans of I Love Lucy).

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Harry Steppe Excerpt: "and there was a surprise specialty, "The Lemon Bit as It Has Been Done For Years," in which Harry Steppe and others appear..."

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    Harry Steppe

    As one of Bud Abbott's first partners, Harry introduced Bud to Lou Costello in 1934. Born in Moscow to Russian immigrant Orthodox Jewish parents, Steppe was billed as a Hebrew, Jewish-dialect or Yiddish character comedian.
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    Steppe (disambiguation)

    Harry Steppe, a Jewish-American Vaudeville actor
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    1934

    November 22 – Harry Steppe, American vaudeville performer (b. 1888)
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    Slowly I Turned

    Russell Dodd's Abbott and Costello Forever - credits Harry Steppe as originator
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    Bud Abbott

    As his stature grew, Abbott began working with veteran comedians like Harry Steppe and Harry Evanson.
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    Abbott and Costello

    At first he worked as a straight man to his wife Betty, then with veteran burlesque comedians like Harry Steppe and Harry Evanson.
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    Top Banana

    Originally, the phrase "Top Banana" was coined by comedian and Vaudeville Performer Harry Steppe.
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    Hokum

    White performers have thoroughly absorbed the lessons of hokum as well, with the "top banana" Harry Steppe, singers like Louis Prima and Leon Redbone or comedian Jeff Foxworthy being prime examples.
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    List of vaudeville performers: L-Z

    | Harry Steppe | March 1888 | 22 November 1943 | Russian-American | Actor, Jewish dialect comedian and hobo clown. | |
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    List of National Basketball Association players: S

    Harry Sorenson ... Brook Steppe

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