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| rdfs:comment | - Lester began his career on stage, doing comedy in clubs and near the end of vaudeville, and performing on the radio on Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall (1941-1942). On television, he hosted Broadway Open House, the earliest late night show, from 1950 until 1951. Actual Broadway credits included substituting for Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He made guest appearances on The Jackie Gleason Show, The Monkees, and Barnaby Jones, and played Pappy Yokum in a 1967 Li'l Abner sitcom pilot.
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| abstract | - Lester began his career on stage, doing comedy in clubs and near the end of vaudeville, and performing on the radio on Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall (1941-1942). On television, he hosted Broadway Open House, the earliest late night show, from 1950 until 1951. Actual Broadway credits included substituting for Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He made guest appearances on The Jackie Gleason Show, The Monkees, and Barnaby Jones, and played Pappy Yokum in a 1967 Li'l Abner sitcom pilot.
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