![]() I'm sure Lawrence treated him well but still made some faux pas when announcing him ("Look at that boy dance!") and even on a recent PBS broadcast they didn't bother to edit out Welk's comment that "Arthur is a credit to his race." In the group numbers he's often paired with "Mexican senority" Anacani, the darkest of the women on the show.<< If he was gay and black, holy moses, he must have had a rough time! He used to prerecord (at LW's request) his tap sounds and then try to match it on the show, which made it doubly hard because he had to stick to precisely the same moves and timing he had used in the tap recordings. And even now, these people trade on their LWS fame for gigs, long after what voices they had are practically gone.Īrthur Duncan was THE FIRST black regular cast member on a variety show and was treated like all the others, re: he would be paired with white women in numbers with no regard to his race. HOWEVER, their exposure on the show allowed for unbridled publicity for plugging their latest albums and concert appearances, etc. He was always very kind to his "musical family" and they did get treated to gifts, but they worked on the show for SCALE - all treated pretty much equally and quite a few of them got pissed off about that.
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