GEORGIA GIBBS
Of all the gimmicks that might raise an entertainer's profile, Georgia Gibbs stumbled onto one of the most unusual. In the mid-'40s, during a guest appearance on The Durante-Moore radio show starring "Inka Dinka Doo" songster-comedian Jimmy Durante, cohost and incessant adlibber Garry Moore gave Gibbs the "Her Nibs" nickname, a bizarre phrase that could be interpreted in many ways. An important person? Major player? Someone short n' sweet (she stood five-foot-one) with an outgoing personality? A performer with conviction? A diva of the difficult kind? Any definition seemed to work, it hardly mattered. Fans latched onto it. She figured the phrase would run its course...it didn't...and she kept it for the remainder of her three-decade career ... MORE ››
