Radio stars (Oct 1934-Sept 1935)

RADIO STARS THE ANSWER MAN ANSWERS THE readers hurl a mighty challenge to Uncle Answer Man. They say he's dumb and that his mind won't stand up under the kind of intelligence test on which a radio listener of five could get ninety-eight per cent. Them is fighting words where Uncle Answer Man comes from. But of course, as Fred Allen would have it. no one knows where he comes from, so, he's safe enough there. But he is willing to submit to an intelligence test by the readers, provided the readers prove themselves worthy of giving it by following those darned old instructions which include : 1. Not asking him for photographs of artists. 2. Xot demanding that he send you addresses of stars. 3. Xot expecting him to pay any attention to letters that have more than two questions in them. . 4. Remembering that he'd like to answer all your questions, but. because there are so many, he just has to publish those asked by the most readers. And now to determine Uncle A. M.'s "I. O." (In schools and universities they call it "Intelligence Quota." You may call it "I Question," if you like.) (Editor's note: Since this was written, Uncle Answer Man was put in jail for trying to pick a piece of lint off a policeman's chest with knuckle dusters — brass knuckles to you. How in the world he's going to get out a column next month is hard to tell. It will be interesting to see what he can do.) Is Your Unkie A. M. a Dumbell? O. Pick Lanny Ross' correct height from the following: two feet three inches; six feet one and one half inches ; eleven feet nine inches. A. Six feet one and one half inches. O. Quick. If Lanny is that height, how tall is Conrad Thibault? A. Five feet eleven inches. Both he and Lanny zveigli 165 pounds though. O. Stick to the questions. If Loretta Clemens is Jack Clemens' partner on the air, are they brother and sister ? A. Yon bet they are. And Loretta's the older, being twenty-eight, while Jack is only twenty-four. Q. Who sings the Maxwell House Show Boat drinking song? You've got eleven and four-fifths seconds for this one. A. I'll settle for eleven. Lanny sings it with the Show Boat chorus joining in. While Lanny zuas in Hollytvood, Conrad sang the solo part. O. Good. Did Charles Winninger resign from the Show Boat program to go on the stage ? A. Mm-hm. That part as you probably know, about Jiis marrying Nancy Stokes was done to make his leaving the program more graceful. He left to join Libby Hohnan's neiv musical comedy, "Revenge With Music," which closed shortly after its opening in Philadelphia. As' RADIO STARS goes to press, though, Uncle Answer Man understands that the show is being rczuritten witli the hope of an•qther and more successful run. O. Well, we're glad you understand something, anyhow. Now. here's a sticker for you. Is Lanny Ross' Log Cabin a real place? A. The sponsor and RADIO STARS Magazine try to make it seem as real as possible to you. Of course it takes place in one of the beautiful Radio City studios, but it is the kind of make-believe that has the friendliest intent behind it. O. Select the orchestra from the following with which Eddie Stone is singing : Isham Jones' ; Harry Salter's. A. Can't catch me. Neither. He did sing with Isham Jones. Then when Salter's band went into the Park Central Hotel in New York, lie {Continued on page 106) Proof Is in His Replies to These Questions 12