Edward Ettinger(1893-1980)
- Writer
Edward Ettinger (also known as Ed and Eddie) was a prolific writer.
Over the course of his career, he wrote radio shows ("Big Town"
starring Edward G. Robinson), movies ("The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" and
several Charlie Chan movies), quips for Al Jolson's stage shows, TV
("Name that Tune"), and hundreds of magazine articles, including pulp
titles such as "Some Dames are Poison" for Off-Beat Detective Stories.
He also wrote for ladies magazines under pseudonyms such as Ella
Ettinger. It is family history that Ed Ettinger was the actual writer
of "Who's On First?" He wrote the skit for two obscure comedians who
later sold it outright to Abbott and Costello for a modest sum of
money.
