SPIKE JONES SHOW "Charlie Ruggles"

The Spike Jones Show is the name of several separate American comedy and variety series that aired on NBC and CBS in the 1950s and 1960s. Spike Jones, son of a railroad agent, was born Lindley Armstrong Jones, getting his nickname from a telegraph operator who thought that Jones was skinny as a railroad spike. Madcap musician Spike Jones and his band, the City Slickers, perform spoof versions of well-known songs in this entertaining and hilarious half-hour show. Episode 1 on NBC June 3, 1945 included guest Charlie Ruggles. Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was a comic American character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films.