Radio-TV mirror (July-Dec 1952)

Bob Poole (Continued from page 68) to apply this wisdom. No, sir, whenever you have a problem — and who doesn't? — just tie a knot and hang on. Easy does it, my friends, easy does it." Which is a pretty clear picture of Bob Poole, one of radio's most easygoing, as well as most-listened-to, personalities. Yes, if the time ever comes when there is but one man left in the business without ulcers, it will probably be Bob Poole — and that, despite his unusually heavy Monday-through-Friday schedule. Each day, after Poole's Paradise, Bob heads for home to play with the children — Michelle, aged four, and Randy, a little under a year. After dinner, he squeezes in an hour's nap before watching TV with his delightful wife, Gloria. Before he knows it, "time off" is over, and Bob and his typewriter go to work preparing the next day's scripts — Bob writes the complete scripts for both his shows. If all <*oes well, he finishes his writing and climbs into bed somewhere between two and three in the morning. Multiplied by five days a week, here is the family portrait of a busy man— but not one headed for a breakdown. . . . for the simple reason that, when he hits a snag, he merely ties a knot, and hangs on. "One of the most important knots I ever tied," continues Bob, "had to do with my move to New York. In 1946, after my discharge from the Navy, I went to work for Station WWL in New Orleans, where I originated Poole's Paradise. The show 'took' — people seemed to like my slow buffoonery and foolishness, mixed with records and some serious notes. I thought I was set for life ... a wonderful wife, an adorable daughter, security in a job, and a most pleasant mode of living. We had bought a beautiful nine-room Colonial house with large grounds in New Orleans. In fact, just shortly before my New York offer came along, I had invested $2,000 in camellias and azaleas for our garden. Above and beyond all this, we were surrounded with friends and family, Gloria being a New Orleans girl. "Then, suddenly, six months after we moved into our new home, the network offered me a coast-to-coast contract if I would come to New York. Well, what to do? Sure, the added income was enticing, but I knew that the difference in the cost of living would eat pretty heavily into that. As it turned out, for my six-and-ahalf room apartment in Forest Hills I pay about three times what it cost me to maintain our nine-room home in New Orleans. And the move also meant pulling up our roots — leaving our friends and Gloria's family. "Believe me, I tied a knot in that rope but fast, and Gloria and I hung on for dear life. Then after a short time of hanging, we found we could think our nroblem through clearly and sanely. Once it was thought through, we were certain we had arrived at as sound a decision as human beings can hope to make. "We moved to New York, certain our future was here. 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