Doodles Weaver

Overview

Well-remembered at Stanford for his many pranks and practical jokes. Was an occasional guest on Rudy Vallee radio program and Kraft Music Hall in the late 1930s and early 40s. Performed in clubs nationwide. He specialized in manic comic sports narrations, often using his friends' names as characters. Narrated Disney cartoon "Hockey Homicide" and others. Joined Spike Jones' troupe in 1946, recording his horse and auto-race routines ("William Tell Overture" and "Dance of the Hours." Developed a spoonerizing character for the Spike Jones Radio Show ("Professor Feitlebaum"), 1947-1949, borrowing heavily from 1930s comic "Joe Twerp." Toured with Jones' stage revue until 1951. Returned to Jones for various record and television projects thru 1964. Was early TV guest in 1940s. Also made many "Day with Doodles" silent comedy shorts for color TV in the early 1960s. Was very dogmatic that his famous horse character was "Feitlebaum" (not Beetlebaum). Was very approachable in later years, and loved to chat with his fans, even listing his home phone number in the Los Angeles directory.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

While he was an undergrad at Stanford, he and some friends painted footprints up the side of the campanile and into a window at the top. The university was aghast and immediately dispatched a cleanup crew that had to rent a giant cherry-picker to remove the paint. The next morning there were footprints leading down from the window to the ground.
Appeared in The Birds (1963) with a young Veronica Cartwright, who later appeared in Alien (1979) with his niece Sigourney Weaver.
Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Burbank, California in January 1983 at the age of 70.
His later life was marred by chronic alcoholism.
His four marriages ended in three divorces and an annulment. Two of his brides were 21; the other two were 19.

[in 1981 interview] Nothing means anything when you're in pain. I have a nice house and an income but not a thing to live for.
[1972 interview] I don't miss being a star. I don't miss anything because I live in the now.

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