Episode 1: Pee Wee
Pee Wee Marquette was the caustic M.C. at historic jazz club, Birdland, during the 1940s and ’50s. The short-tempered midget spent the last 25 years of his life as doorman-greeter for Hawaii Kai, a schlock tourist restaurant next door to the Winter Garden Theatre.
Come bend your ears to another voice of Lost New York.
https://talesoftimessquare.blogspot.com/2017/09/episode-1-pee-wee.html
Bonus
David Letterman interviews Pee Wee Marquette, then Pee Wee performs Pennies from Heaven
Originally aired February 6, 1985 David Letterman interviews Pee Wee Marquette. Pee Wee was a doorman at the Birdland Jazz Club in New York City in the 50's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0flHJEfyJQ
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