Before becoming Uke Jackson, he wrote many articles, essays, light verse and short stories which were published in magazines and newspapers across the country. He produced jazz opera in New York and Italy. His plays were presented in NYC. One was adapted for a General Motors Mark of Excellence production for television. He also wrote for the movies and worked on the business side of book publishing. Uke Jackson considers all those worthy endeavors to have served as a prologue to his current creative efforts.

Uke Jackson is the founder and director uf the annual New York Ukulele Festival held end of April each year. And also behind the Ukulele Mojo

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Cheerleader..homecoming queen.. attended Florida Bible College; received a gymnastic scholarship to Furman University, attended Auburn University one year, and ended up in Hollywood, CA via summer stock in Alabama, where she met Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman) who promptly put her in his night club act and sent her a one-way ticket to the show-biz capital.

Supporting herself as a cigarette girl, a typist at the American Cancer Society, and a waitress at a retirement hotel, she performed stand up comedy for 2 years until "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson" put her act (which consisted of her doing a handstand while reciting poetry) on national TV. Following her 20 appearances with Johnny, she starred in many movies and TV shows, most notably six seasons on "Saturday Night Live"

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