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Frank Shuster
b. September 5, 1916 in Toronto, Ontario
d. January 13, 2002 in Toronto, Ontario
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Image of Frank Shuster taken at CFRB in 1977.
Frank Shuster played the serious side of the comedy duo, Wayne and Shuster. The two men had met at Toronto's Harbord Collegiate and worked together at making people laugh until the death of Johnny Wayne in 1990. In addition to their long-running series on CBC they also made a record-breaking 67 appearances on the CBS Network's Ed Sullivan Show. The fledgling comedy team began life as Weingarten and Shuster, then they tried Frankie and Johnny, then Shu and Lew and, eventually by 1941 had settled on Wayne and Shuster. They made their professional radio debut on Toronto's CFRB where they wrote and performed The Javex Wife Preservers, dispensing humour and household tips geared to Canadian housewives, earning all of $12.50 per week. They soon caught the attention of Canada's national network and were hired away by the CBC beginning an association that lasted for decades.
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Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Pirates of Penzance (1972)
Once Upon a Giant (TV-1988)
TV series:
The Wayne and Shuster Hour (1952)
The Wayne and Shuster Show (1957-1990)
Holiday Lodge (1961)
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (1965)
Wayne and Shuster (1980)
Wayne and Shuster in Black & White (1996)
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