- His 1989 autobiography explained the meaning behind his stage name. "Ish Kabibble" derives from the Yiddish expression "Ische ga bibble?", meaning, essentially, "What, me worry?", the expression later appropriated by MAD Magazine as a motto for its Ish Kabibble-like fictitious mascot Alfred E. Neuman.
- Merwyn Bogue (Ish Kabibble) turned from music to selling real estate when big bands declined in popularity.
- Despite his Yiddish stage name, he was not Jewish and was actually of Welsh ancestry.
- His wife, Janet (Meade) Bogue, was born in Ohio on May 21, 1912. She passed away on June 13, 1994, at the age of 82, eight days after her husband.
- Inducted into the Erie [Pennsylvania] Hall of Fame in 2012.
- He was survived by his wife, Janet, three children, and eight grandchildren.
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