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• Bobbe Deane and Bennie Walker — cute little tikes, aren't they? Below, Richard Le Grand — "Teacher."
THERE are those who say that Caryl Coleman, producer of the Associated Spotlight Revue, broadcast through the NBC network Saturday nights to the delight of thousands of radio listeners, follows a regular schedule in creating this weekly opus.
(Sit down, Walter Beban, and stop interrupting teacher; this "weekly" is spelled with two e's!)
Anyway, here's how Caryl does it. First he sits down at his desk and writes a nice, neat continuity for an hour and a half's steady, unimpeded flow of mirth. Then he strolls into the studio set aside for the Spotlight rehearsal, raps for order and tears up the script. Then, amid giggles from the Coquettes, random remarks by Walter Beban, squeaks from Bennie Walker, anecdotes by Bill Royle and a general atmosphere of confusion, he produces an Associated Spotlight Revue.
All of which may explain the fact that this fast, ninety-minute concoction of fun invariably sounds as if it just "happened." Spontaneity is the secret by which Spotlight, in these days of brevity in all things, holds its
ON THE
Spontaneity is the secret of the Spotlight Revue,— an informal, funny musical comedy of the ~Air.
audience for an hour and a half at a time. Keyed to a fast pitch of entertainment, the swift-moving rhythms and jests of this NBC feature is a reflection of the gay group of artists who take part in it, and a loyal and constantly growing army of Spotlight followers is testimony to the success the program has won since it has been on the air.
The privilege of being in the studio and watching the broadcast take place
is one of the most eagerly-sought opportunities in the estimation of NBC fans, judging by the hundreds who avail themselves of it. So great is the demand to "sit in" on Spotlight, that admission has to be limited to ticketholders. There is, of course, no charge for these bits of pasteboard, but reservations have to be made in advance, and the list of those waiting for tickets two or even three weeks ahead, is a long one. Incidentally, the presence of this audience is the basis for at least part of the air of informality which accompanies the Revue. The visitors in the studio actually take part in the broadcast, in that their laughter forms a background of infectious mirth, heard through the ether along with the program.
One of the outstanding figures of Spotlight, whose voice is familiar to every one of its regular listeners, is Richard Le Grand, better known to Spotlight fans as "Professor Knicklebine." If you call "Teacher, Teacher," suddenly behind him, Dick is likely to turn around and break out in his well-known Knicklebine accent, so long has he responded in that manner to that call. He originated the professor-comic in a vaudeville act called "School-Davs" with which he toured for several years before he went radio.
To the tap of Dick's ruler, virtual
RADIO DOINGS