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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1939-40
Agent. — Walt Disney raises his bid to fifty thousand but I still hold out for one hundred thousand. Grover Whalen invites Curley to do an English country dance on the cover of the Magna Charta at the World’s Fair.
Well, to make a long story short, everything’s going along hunky-dory until one day some more public-spirited guys get ahold of Curley. Only this time they’re not scientists but musicians.
Spokesman. — ( Fading on) And therefore, in the interests of music, we of the committee feel that you would be rendering an invaluable service to musical knowledge if you would permit us to test the effect of classical music on your client.
Agent. — But what good will that do anybody ?
Spokesman. — Why, it may open up an entirely new field of psychology in relation to music. The world knows very little about the musical instincts of animals and nothing at all about insects. Now . . .
Agent. — But you’re wasting your time. Curley dances to only one tune.
Spokesman.— Have you tried other tunes?
Agent. — Why, sure. Tell him what you’ve played, Stinky.
Stinky. — I played “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More,” “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “ The Beer Barrel Polka,” “ Shine on, Harvest Moon,” “The Music Goes Round and ...”
Spokesman. — Ah, but no classical music!
Agent. — Sure we did. I myself played “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life,” by Victor Herbert.
Spokesman. — But you haven’t tried any symphonies, have you ?
Agent. — ( Straight ) Disney’s trying to get us for a “Silly Sym¬ phony” right now. His latest offer . . .
Spokesman. — No, I’m afraid you don’t understand. Let me explain what we propose to do. {Fading) We get Curley in a studio with an orchestra and go through a careful series of tests, using selected symphonic music of dancelike tempi. Now, by the choice of representative works, we can quickly establish . . .
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