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YOU ASK HER
Mrs. Goldberg, the mike mother of radio's best-known family, really lives her air character and would go crazy if she had a vacation
T^^ * What is your real name?
A. Gertrude Berg.
Q. How old are you, or is it a secret?
A. 34 — errr — make it 33.
Q. Where were you born?
A. I was born in New York City.
Q. What did you do before you went into radio?
A. I wrote most of the time.
Q. Which is your favorite character in your air family?
A. David.
Q. What was the most satisfactory incident in your broadcasts?
A. The great response to our sponsor's question as to whether or not the radio audience wanted the Goldbergs to continue on the air. The fact that so many wanted us to remain on the air was most gratifying to me.
Q. How long do you think you'll be Mrs. Goldberg on the air?
A. 1 hope until I'm a grandmother.
Q. Do most people confuse your air characterization with your own personality?
A. No. ,
Q. What is the most exciting fan letter you ever received?
A. One which impressed me the most was from a young man who said he listened religiously to "The Goldbergs" because it was as though his dead mother had come back to visit him every night.
Q. Does most of your audience take the situations of the Goldbergs seriously?
A. They sure do, as I can tell by our mail.
A. How did you come to be Mrs. Goldberg?
A. I had been writing of Molly Goldberg's trials and tribulations long before I ever thought of radio.
Q. Have you. ambitions for any other type of radio entertainment?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you (Continued on page 61) 18
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