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lincoln shopping center, 10 1/2 mile & greenfield, oak park

A Tradition
Since 1934

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Fred Bayne at the organ nightly

1 1 2 8 E. Nine Mile Road (11/2 Mile East of 1-75))

(313) 541-2132

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FUNG LIM'S

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Mon.-Thurs. 11-10, Fri. & Sat. 11-11

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544-1021
8410 W. NINE MILE, W of Livernois

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22106 COOLIDGE AT 9 MILE In A & P Shopping Center
398-5502 or 398-5503
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SZECHUAN, MANDARIN, CANTONESE & AMERICAN CUISINE

OPEN 1 DAYS—Mon.-Thurs. 11-10, Fri. & Sat. 11-11, Sun. & Holidays 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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35135 Grand River, Farmington
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322 W. McNichols Bet. Woodward & Second

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

the air. Immediately after
they hung up, Marce Haney,
owner of the Marce Haney
Agency called in saying that
she had heard the recording
and wanted to get in touch
with Schwartz. McCarthy
sent out another request for
Schwartz to call back, which
he did. McCarthy got Haney
and Schwartz together over
the phone and she became his
agent.
Within a few days,
Schwartz got a call from The
Detroit News, by way of a
message left on his answer-
ing machine. His first
thought was that they had
some windows for him to
wash at one of their Oak
Park sub-stations. "It never
occured to me that they
wanted to do a story on me."
Soon he was performing on
the Bob-Lo boat and has ap-
peared in the B'nai B'rith
Women's "Showcase of the
Stars."
Things quieted down until
August, when a young girl
happened upon Schwartz. She
was apparently lost and stop-
ped to ask directions to
WCZY Radio in Oak Park.
He obliged. She had taken
note of his car sign that a
customer had given him
which displays proudly "Al-
len Schwartz, The Singing
Window Washer." Later that
morning, another call went
out over the airwaves, this
time from Dick Purtan. A lis-
tener took a chance that
Schwartz was still in the
area, located him and told
him to call the station. He
did and Purtan promptly put
him on the air.
Once more the power of
radio drew a call from a
woman who worked at an in-
dependent radio company.
They talked and he sang a
few bars for her. A few days
later, the woman called him
to say that he would be on
WXYT-AM. The interview
had now become a dubbed-
over interview with Studs
Turkel and was aired in
every radio market in the
United States.
Business is booming for
The Singing Window Washer.
In fact, it's so good that
Schwartz has had to hire an
assistant, 26-year-old Robert
Mostyn. Does he sing too?
"No" Mostyn says, "just har-
monizes."
The two of them are up by
4 a.m., washing by 6 a.m. °
and off at 2 p.m. Business-
man Herb Woolman tattle
tales on Schwartz. He gets
out and works real early so
that he can go home to watch
the afternoon soaps."
Woolman and his wife,
Gloria, have known Schwartz
for more than ten years.
Gloria is his biggest fan. "He
gives her tapes of his music"
Herb says, "so that she can
show them off to everyone."
Woolman adds "He always
has a joke and always a
song."
"I'm a good comic" Schwarz

professes. "You could give me
a topic and I could come up
with a clean, fast joke. Let
me give you my latest. A
95-year-old Jewish man is
walking on a beach in
Florida and meets an 87-
year-old Jewish woman. He
says to her "Look how tan
you are." "And why not?",
she says, "I live in Florida all
year round I should be tan,
but look at you, you're white
as a ghost, how come?" He
tells her that he has been in
prison for 20 years. "What
did you do?" "I murdered my
wife." She looks at him and
says, "Oh, you're single."
People still stop Schwartz

on the street and ask "When
are you giving up the window
washing business?"
"I don't really plan to. If
nothing else happens to me,
my family has the tape and
the clippings. The pleasure I
got from this tape was that I
sent a copy to my two girls in
Atlanta, my ex-wife, my
mother, brother and sister.
And that's pleasure for me.
It's been fun."
What does the future hold
for this stand-up comic who
sings like Frank Sinatra? He
admits that he wouldn't mind
a stint at the Comedy Castle,
but for now it will be busi-
ness as usual.

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GOING PLACES

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THEATER

HILBERRY THEATER: Wayne
State University, Amadeus, 8
The Glass
p.m. today;
Menagerie, 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m. Tuesday, 2
p.m. Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Thursday, admission, 577-
2960.

MICHIGAN OPERA THEATER:
Fisher Theater, My Fair Lady,
8 p.m. today and Saturday,
6:30 p.m. Sunday; admission,
874-SING.

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VILLAGE PLAYERS:
Chestnut, Birmingham, Two by
Two, 8:30 p.m. today and
Saturday, admission, 642-
5016.
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS: Power
Center, Ann Arbor, The Tam-
ing of the Shrew, 8 p.m.
today and Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday, admission, 764-0450.

today and Saturday, Dave
Coulier, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Dec. 13, Mike Ridley,
Tuesday through Thursday in
the front lounge; admission,
reservations, 542-9900.
HOLLY HOTEL: 110 Battle Al-
ley, Holly, Hap Cole and Craig
McCart today and Saturday,

Tim Butterfield, Lowell San-
ders and T.P. Mulrooney,
Thursday through Dec. 13,
shows at 9 p.m. Thursdays,
8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays, admission,
reservations, 634-1891.

SPORTS

DETROIT RED WINGS: Joe
Louis Arena, against Montreal
7:30 p.m. today; against Buf-
falo 7:30 p.m. Tuesday;
against Minnesota; 7:30 p.m.
Thursday; admission, 567-
6000.

DETROIT PISTONS: Pontiac
Silverdome, against Sac-
ramento, 7:30 p.m. Wednes-
day, admission.

DETROIT YOUTHEATRE: De-
troit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward, Detroit, The Em-
peror's New Clothes, 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Saturday, admis-
sion, 832-2730.

CHILDREN

PEANUT BUTTER PLAYERS:
Austin Hall, 18000 Warren, De-
troit, Cinderella, noon lunch,
show at 1 p.m., Saturday; ad-
mission, reservations, 559-
6727.

COMEDY

COMEDY CROSSING: 23055
Telegraph, Southfield, lower
level of Red Cedars, Ron
Coden and Co., 8:30 and 11
p.m. today and Saturday; open
mike night, 8 p.m. Wednes-
day; admission, reservations,
353-3798.

COMEDY CASTLE AND CAFE:
2593 Woodward, Berkley, Car-
rie Snow; 8:30 and 11 p.m.

ART SHOWS

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF
ARTS: 5200 Woodward, De-
troit, Of Water and Ink:
Muromachi Period Paintings
from Japan 1392-1568, now
through Dec. 14, 9:30 a.m.-
5:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday, free, 833-7900.

29203
PRINT GALLERY:
Northwestern, Southfield, Will
Moses exhibition, today
through mid-December, 356-
5454.

COLLEGE OF ART AND DE-
SIGN: Center for Creative
Studies, 245 E. Kirby, Detroit,
mixed media show, featuring
department faculty works; now
through Jan. 12; free; 9 a.m.-4
p.m. Monday through Friday.

CADE GALLERY: 214 W. Sixth,
Royal Oak, sculptures by Jim
Nani, now through Dec. 10,
10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday
through Sunday, 546-3365.
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