It has been awhile since we tapped the YouTube vault for a Dorothy Parker video. This gem is actually a radio broadcast by one of Mrs. Parker’s associates, Tallulah Bankhead. She rolls through “The Waltz” in a radio performance from NBC’s The Big Show, January 7th 1951. At least Mrs. Parker was around to enjoy the royalty check from NBC. It’s a good performance, but the guffawing from the live studio audience is annoying.
A lot of people believe that Bankhead was a member of the Algonquin Round Table, but she was not. Bankhead was a teenager when the group started, but later she became friendly with several members.