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Episode # 154: Janine Taninbaum, Michael Ritz (Harry Ritz) (Part Two)

Episode # 154: Janine Taninbaum, Michael Ritz (Harry Ritz) (Part Two)

FromRarified Heir Podcast


Episode # 154: Janine Taninbaum, Michael Ritz (Harry Ritz) (Part Two)

FromRarified Heir Podcast

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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Oct 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Welcome to another encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast – our Halloween edition – with part two of our interview w/ Janna Taninbaum and Michael Ritz, the children of comedian Harry Ritz of The Ritz Brothers. On this second half of our interview, we talk about some of the hijinks Harry got up to as a performer and as a father as well. Like what you ask? Janna tells us about life in Las Vegas growing up with her dad and his vanity plate in the 70s, we hear some terrific stories about gambling and the mob that Harry was part of and privy to, as well as Betty Grable’s race horses & her aversion to the WC, stories about comic Jan Murray, how their father was ‘the guy in the middle’ as well as more on Harry and his brothers fame on Broadway, movies, television and the stage in their later years. We loved hearing these tales about the man who influenced everyon from Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and Mel Brooks. In fact, it was Mel Brooks who said, “As far as I’m concerned, Harry Ritz is the funniest man ever.” Take a listen. And a laugh, won’t you to this episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast? Everyone has a story. 
Released:
Oct 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Host Josh Mills brings together a wide variety of adult children of celebrities for a fun, funny, bizarre, jaw-dropping, strange and wonderful look behind celebrity, by the people that know them best: their very own children.