Fanny Brice began her show business career in burlesque and starred for 15 years in the Ziegfield Follies. Baby Snooks was born at a Detroit party when Brice sang "Poor Pauline" in a little-girl voice, and was revived for her first radio broadcasts in 1932 and later on CBS’ Ziegfield Follies of the Air, Good News of 1938 and Maxwell House Coffee Time. Frank Morgan and Alan Reed served as Snooks’ foils on early broadcasts before Hanley Stafford became radio’s longest-running "Daddy." The Baby Snooks Show aired from September 17, 1944 through May 29, 1951, with Stafford delivering a moving eulogy on the final show following Brice’s death from a cerebral hemorrhage. "Snooks is just the kid I used to be," Brice once explained. "She’s my kind of youngster, the type I like. She has imagination. She’s eager. She’s alive. With all her deviltry, she still is a good kid, never vicious nor mean."
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