Dodge, Marshall

Marshall "Mike" Dodge stands undeniably as a godfather of Down East humor, bringing an energy and imagination to the stage that took him from a small Connecticut studio to his standing as the premier "New England" humorist of his era, before he was tragically killed by a hit-and-run driver in Hawaii in 1982. It was at Yale in 1958 that he and Bob Bryan cut the first "Bert and I" album and launched what is now a Maine icon. Robert Bryan helped launch "Bert and I" with Dodge in part by drawing upon his memories from childhood summers spent at Tunk Lake, where he was fascinated by the area's stor...