THE JEWISH NEWS

Bill Pugliano

ENTERTAINMENT

Between Jobs, Rube Weiss catches up on some personal business.

The Mouth
That .Roared

ube Weiss. Recognize the
name? Possibly not. Yet, you know
his voice, guaranteed. Perhaps his
fate as well. But unless you have
'completely ignored radio, television
and local theater for the past 38
years, there is no way you could not
recognize the strong, deep voice of
Rube Weiss.
Born in 1920 in Detroit, Weiss's
show business career began in radio
in 1938. His talents soon brought
him stage and, eventually, TV work,
as both an actor and a director. He
acted in some of the most popular
series' during The Golden Age of
Radio," appeared regularly on Soupy
Sales' TV show, and has done count-

Rube Weiss has made
an acting career with his
now locally-famous voice

MIKE ROSENBAUM

Special to The Jewish News

less radio and TV commercials.
The commercials have made
Weiss a household voice. One recent
example is an award-winning GMAC
commercial. Weiss is the man who
approaches the window of a "video
bank" and tries to arrange a car
loan with "Leona," a • teller on a TV
screen.
• But Weiss's career includes a
wide variety of work, almost all of it
in Detroit. He spent four years in
the army during World War II, de-
ciphering Japanese codes in Wash-
ington, D.C. for most of that time.
He then went to New York to act in
radio soap operas for a year before

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WEEK OF DECEMBER 19.25

GOINGoPLACES

LISTINGS WELCOME

Performing a pas de deux?
Screening a film? Staging a
play? If so, The Jewish News
wants to hear about it in our
new entertainment calendar,
Going Places. Send concert,
film, dance, comedy, club
and other entertainment ac-
tivity listings to Entertain-
ment Calendar, The Jewish
News, 20300 Civic Center Dr.,
Suite 240, Southfield 480/6.
Items must be typed,
double-spaced and include
the time, date, place, admis-
sion charge of each event
and a name and phone
number of someone to call
during business hours. List-
ings must be received at
least two weeks prior to pub-
lication.

THEATER

HYATT REGENCY DEAR-
BORN: Second Level, The
Club, original Neil Simon
classic, The Odd Couple, by
Jimmy Launce Productions,
8:30 p.m., now through Jan.
10, admission, reservations,
593-1234, ext. 2323.

DINNER
SOMERSET
Lower Level,
THEATRE:
Somerset Mall, Squabbles, by
Jimmy Launce Productions;
8:15 p.m. today, through Jan.
17, admission, reservations,
649-6629.

DOWNTOWN DINNER THEA-
TER: Veterans Memorial Build-
ing banquet hall, They're Play-

ing Our Song, presented by
Jimmy Launce Productions,
cocktails 6:30 p.m., dinner at
7, curtain at 8:45 today, every
Friday and Saturday, admis-
sion, reservations, 224-6000.
HILBERRY THEATER: Wayne
State University, The Glass
Menagerie, 8 p.m. Saturday, 8
p.m. Thursday, admission,
577-2960.

ART SHOWS

SINAI HOSPITAL: 6767 W.
Outer Drive, Detroit, works by
students from Hiller Day
School, now through Jan. 6, 8
a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through
Sunday, Fisher Lobby, Outer

Drive Lobby, Mothers and In-
fants Lobby, free.

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.

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF
ART MUSEUM: 500 Lone
Pine, Bloomfield Hills, View-
point '86, environment and
space in contemporary paint-
ing, now through Jan. 18, 1-5
p.m. Tuesdays through Sun-
days; admission.

DUKE GALLERY: 185 N.
Woodward, Birmingham, Aust-
rian glass and pottery,

1890-1930, now through Jan.
12; champagne opening 4:30
p.m. Wednesday; 258-6848.

IS INC. GALLERY: 13 S.
Saginaw, Pontiac, works by
Carl Angevine, now through
Jan. 8, regular hours, 9 p.m.-2
a.m. Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday, 7 p.m.-midnight
Sunday, 332-5780.

PARK WEST GALLERIES:
29469 Northwestern Hwy.
Southfield, exhibit aux poems
de Marc Chagall, 9 a.m. - 6
p.m. Monday through Wed-
nesday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thurs-
day and Friday 11 a.m. - 6
p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
354-2343.

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