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Lfes.Slri THE MOST POPULAR WORDS IN 'TONY MARVIN'S VOCABULARY P TERODACTYL, which will not be defined here, is a word that has gained little currency anywhere except in the scientific set. But Arthur Godfrey came across it several years ago and immediately saw a fine way to baffle announcer Tony Marvin by asking him for a definition. The glib Mr. Marvin surprised all hands with a splendid dissertation on the word, and thus he started what has become a standard feature on the Godfrey show: the battle of wits between the puckish Arthur and the erudite Tony. Tony claims that much of the fun on the job is “trying to stay one jump ahead of Arthur so that I’ll be ready when he throws a question at me. We’ve worked together so long that I’m usually ready with some sort of answer now.” Tony’s retorts are care¬ fully worded in a manner that avoids even the faintest suggestion of ar¬ rogance toward the Master. But Of Course, Your Excellency Godfrey, in a recent melancholy soliloquy before his national audi¬ ence, let on that he had been brood¬ ing about Tony’s all-fired respectful¬ ness, and suggested that Mr. Marvin was saying “Yes, sir,” entirely too often. Tony’s comeback was as meek as he could manage: “Yes, sir.” To those who find this kowtowing a trifle more than is humanly nec¬ essary, Tony answers, “My father taught me to respect my superiors and to show it by saying ‘Yes, sir’. Remember, I always keep my tongue in cheek on the show, otherwise I couldn’t do half the things I do. They even had me sing ‘Old Man River’ while standing on my head, which certainly would be beneath my dig¬ nity if I were serious.” Tony attributes his enormous vo¬ cabulary (it is presumed that most people, in the course of the years, must have come across one of the Godfrey shows and thus heard Mar¬ vin in full flight) to an extremely retentive mind plus wide reading. He doesn’t feel that shying a few big words at the public is any sort of affectation. “It’s not conceit. I think I’m a fairly intelligent guy. But I’m amazed sometimes, at the things that come out of me. It’s as though I see an entire printed page before me.” Some find Tony’s manner too pre¬ tentious, but in the main he’s a pop¬ ular member of the Godfrey crew. For being respectful to Arthur, Tony is possibly the most-seen an¬ nouncer on television. His assets now include a wife, a twelve-year-old daughter, a cream-colored Cadillac, advanced clothes such as a white cashmere overcoat, and a home on Long Island. 12