Editing Doodles Weaver (section)

===Radio and recordings===
On radio during the late 1930s and early 1940s, he was heard as an occasional guest on [[Rudy Vallée]]'s program and on the ''[[Kraft Music Hall]]''.

In 1946, Weaver signed on as a member of [[Spike Jones]]'s City Slickers band. Weaver was heard on Jones's 1947–49 radio shows, where he introduced his comedic Professor Feetlebaum (which Weaver sometimes spelled as Feitlebaum),<ref name=young/> a character who spoke in [[spoonerism]]s. Part of the Professor's schtick was mixing up words and sentences in various songs and recitations as if he had [[myopia]] or [[dyslexia]].<ref>[http://www.ibras.dk/comedy/spike1.htm ''Spike Jones Murders Them All'']</ref> Weaver toured the country with the Spike Jones Music Depreciation Revue until 1951. The radio programs were often broadcast from cities where the Revue was staged.<ref>Dunning, John (1998). ''On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. {{ISBN|0-19-507678-8}}.</ref>

One of Weaver's most popular recordings is the Spike Jones parody of [[Rossini]]'s "[[William Tell Overture (Spike Jones song)|William Tell Overture]]". Weaver gives a close impression of the gravel-voiced sports announcer [[Clem McCarthy]] in a satire of a horse race announcer who forgets whether he's covering a horse race or a boxing match ("It's Girdle in the stretch! Locomotive is on the rail! Apartment House is second with plenty of room! It's Cabbage by a head!"). The race features a [[List of fictional horses|nag]] named Beetlebaum, who begins at long odds, runs the race a distant last—and yet suddenly emerges as the winner. The oft-repeated "Beetlebaum" became so identified with the record that RCA reprinted the record label, adding "Beetlebaum" in parentheses after the song title. Jones and Weaver followed this hit with a 1949 parody of the [[Indianapolis 500]] automobile race, again with Weaver as commentator, set to [[Amilcare Ponchielli|Ponchielli's]] "Dance of the Hours". The surprise winner? Beetlebaum. When an angry listener named Beetlebaum threatened a lawsuit, Weaver changed the name to Feitlebaum.

In 1966, Weaver recorded a novelty version of "[[Eleanor Rigby]]"—singing, mixing up the words, insulting, and interrupting, while playing the piano.