. . Give me a big one, that's what I say. I want it so it will fit my bread. The song was accompanied by Susie's provocative dancing and Buttberbeans's call-and-response one-liners: "My dog's never cold!" "Here's a dog that's long and lean." "I Want a Hot Dog for My Roll" was one of the few songs that Okeh refused to release. The act usually ended with a song by Susie that showed that the two really were happily married, followed by Butterbeans's trademark song-and-dance number, "The Heebie Jeebies" or "The Itch". During this dance, Butterbeans thrust his hands in his pockets and began to scratch himself in time with the music. As the tempo increased, he pulled the hands back out and scratched the rest of his body. According to Stearns, this was the moment when the audience "flipped". Recordings and film Butterbeans and Susie made several recordings of blues songs interspersed with comic banter for Okeh Records between 1924 and 1930. In 1926, they made a recording with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, a mildly salacious blues number called "He Likes It Slow". In 1960, they issued an album on King Records' Festival label (FRC-7000). 78 RPM Singles - OKeh Records Legacy Butterbeans and Susie used their fame and influence to help younger black comedians. After seeing Moms Mabley in Dallas, for example, they helped her gain acceptance at better venues. Even after leaving show business, they remained friends with many black entertainers and put up down-on-their-luck comedians in their Chicago home. Stepin Fetchit stayed with them at some point in the 1950s or 1960s. Susie Edwards died on December 5, 1963. Jody (Butterbeans) Edwards died on October 28, 1967 at the Dorchester Inn outside of Chicago IL. References Bibliography Harris, Sheldon (1994). Blues Who's Who. Rev. ed. New York: Da Capo Press. Watkins, Mel (1994). On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying—The Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture, from Slavery to Richard Pryor. New York: Simon & Schuster. 20th-century American comedians 20th-century American dancers 20th-century African-American singers African-American comedians American blues singers American comedy duos American dance groups Blackface minstrel performers Okeh Records artists Vaudeville performers Comedy musicians Comedy theatre characters Theatre characters introduced in 1917 Male characters in theatre Female characters in theatre Married couples