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{{character|image=Vlcsnap-257244b.png|performer=[[Jerry Juhl]]|debut=1964}}
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[[File:Vlcsnap-257244.png|thumb|300px|Rowlf and his Nephew]]
 
'''Nephew''' was a smaller version of [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] who appeared on ''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''. In his first and only sketch, he recited a poem for [[Jimmy Dean]] in which he forgets Jimmy's name and calls him [[Jimmy Durante]], [[Jimmy Stewart]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], among others.
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'''Nephew''' was a smaller version of [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] who appeared on [[The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 116|the January 9, 1964 episode]] of ''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''. In his first and only sketch, he recited a poem for [[Jimmy Dean]] in which he forgets Jimmy's name and calls him [[Jimmy Durante]], [[James Stewart|Jimmy Stewart]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], among others.
   
 
According to Rowlf, Nephew is a "goofy lookin' kid," despite the obvious family resemblance. When Jimmy questioned why his name is Nephew, Rowlf replied, "What am I gonna call him, 'Niece'?"
 
According to Rowlf, Nephew is a "goofy lookin' kid," despite the obvious family resemblance. When Jimmy questioned why his name is Nephew, Rowlf replied, "What am I gonna call him, 'Niece'?"
   
 
Other family members include [[Tilly]], Rowlf's [[mother]].
 
Other family members include [[Tilly]], Rowlf's [[mother]].
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Latest revision as of 07:00, 18 February 2020

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PERFORMER Jerry Juhl
DEBUT 1964

Nephew was a smaller version of Rowlf who appeared on the January 9, 1964 episode of The Jimmy Dean Show. In his first and only sketch, he recited a poem for Jimmy Dean in which he forgets Jimmy's name and calls him Jimmy Durante, Jimmy Stewart, Dizzy Gillespie, among others.

According to Rowlf, Nephew is a "goofy lookin' kid," despite the obvious family resemblance. When Jimmy questioned why his name is Nephew, Rowlf replied, "What am I gonna call him, 'Niece'?"

Other family members include Tilly, Rowlf's mother.