Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1959)

HOW TO TURN EXTRA TIME INTO EXTRA MONEY If you heard me, then you probably shared our happiness, but for one man up in Canada the news was almost too much. His name — Mr. Molitierri. Pat’s father had been driving a bus up through New England and into Canada while all of this had been going on. When he came to the end of his run, he stopped at a restaurant to enjoy a piece of pie and a cup of coffee. They had our show on the television set, and when I started talking about Pat having appendicitis, about the operation, and her start on her recovery, well, Mr. Molitierri just couldn’t believe his ears. It took a longdistance call to Philadelphia to assure him he had heard right. Then, in less time than it takes to say “omigosh!” he was driving the first bus back to Pat. It was one happy reunion, believe me! Oh yes, there have been some dramatic moments. Not all of them were quite so serious, though. For me the worst crisis came about forty seconds before I was supposed to do a commercial. Oops! I practically shouted, and right on camera, I don’t have all my script for the commercial! Now don’t laugh. To a guy or gal in radio or television, that’s like being caught alone at fifty-thousand feet without a parachute. I almost went through the floor. I knew that nobody could get me the extra page in that short time, so I picked up the phone on the podium, got through to the control room where Tony had the producer’s copy. While I held the phone to my ear, he gave out with the words of the script and I repeated them on the air. Fortunately for me, the cameras were taking | the picture of the product and not me, so I could get away with it and nobody ever knew. At least nobody ever griped and I guess sometimes that’s almost the same thing. It has really been a tremendous year, this 1958. Its saddest moments came when I lost my dachshund, Louie. 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