WHOS YEHOODI? - 1940 - Song By Bill Seckler & Matt Dennis. The catchphrase Whos Yehoodi? (or, alternatively, Whos Yehudi?) originated when violinist Yehudi Menuhin was a guest on the popular radio program of Bob Hope, where sidekick Jerry Colonna, apparently finding the name itself humorous, repeatedly asked Whos Yehudi? Colonna continued the gag on later shows even though Menuhin himself was not a guest, turning Yehudi into a widely understood late 1930s slang reference for a mysteriously absent person. The United States Navy chose the name Project Yehudi for an early 1940s precursor to stealth technology. A song with the title and catchphrase Whos Yehoodi? was written in 1940 by Bill Seckler and Matt Dennis. It was covered by Kay Kyser and more famously by Cab Calloway. youtu.be/BU9u9Jb36AU
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