This Podcast looks at the connections between Artie Auerbach's Mr Kitzel character and the Schlepperman character played by Sam Hearn.

Schlepperman (played by Sam Hearn) - A Jewish character who spoke with a Yiddish accent (his catch phrase- "Hullo, Stranger!"). He would return again as the "Hi, Rube!" guy, a hick farmer from the town of Calabasas who always insisted on referring to Jack as "rube."

Here is a link to the podcast of Schlep's first appearance on the Jack Benny show, Best of Jack Benny Spotlight Podcast! 1934-08-03 - Schlepperman's first show! The Stooge Murder Case

Artie Auerbach - Mr. Kitzel [who originally appeared on Jack Haley's and  Al Pearce's radio shows in the late 1930s, where his famous catch phrase was, "Hmmmm... eh, could be!", and several years later as a regular on The Abbott & Costello Show], who originally started out as a Yiddish hot dog vendor selling hot dogs during the Rose Bowl. In later episodes, he would go on to lose his hot dog stand, and move on to various other jobs. A big part of his schtick involved garbling names with his accent, such as referring to Nat King Cole as "Nat King Cohen," or mentioning his favorite baseball player, "Rabbi Maranville." He often complained about his wife, an unseen character who was described as a large, domineering woman who, on one occasion, Kitzel visualized as "...from the front, she looks like Don Wilson from the side!" He often sang various permutations of his jingle, "Pickle in the middle and the mustard on top!"