Variety (Jan 1938)

32 VARIETY : tondpn/ Join- Recent policv shown in. B.B.G.' va- riety ^bi'o'adcasts.:has:.b'eeft. t<j bimyi back before the" mike- old-tiinttrs: of the music hall stage to. d6..;their. stufi before moderri aiidierices which never kniew therii. in tHeii; heyday.. By jjutting^^such policy intoVpractico, Corporation, is doing disservice; both to the^ players; co.hccrhed and..;tb the listeriing;;^V*j'J.'«'ice;;;.;. ; . ...■.'■,; ■' . Saturday's VfPaJace' ' of v yarjeti' program.' -featiU'ed.\. Vestai- .'.yictoria,. once famous siriger of dphieistia edy nilmbers.. singi ng:' Waiting. at t he Church* and.' " other. •' riumbeirs,;: she originally;' made'pQ.piilhiV. only.reffec.i of which -.on' a- modern critic Was-'a, feelinff of sadness. that;'B'.B.G.-.should' dish up. such, travesty of what wais formerly undoubted, .talent. Vestav •in fact, was a match that ;failed. to strike, for, th^i mike, .while, eatcHing the tatters of, her voice, t)roved tptal- ly iina^ip ;to ; convey • any sens e ,, of ■ siich p«rsohality ,'as. , sfi^ . .yet .pps-. Besses which might carry off ;the act.. Several ^ weeks back B.BiG,. had Gertie Gitana doing similar stuff, ef- fect of whicli was. precisely-the same. Gertie's rousing songs, , iff .all. honesty., proved sad by cbmpiiarjsoin' with. tlie peppy style! of. ..the prcisent-day. :v It might have been better in bbth; cases to leave these ord favoirites to /niem- ory, rather than '.pariade; them pitir tUlly, ,to a generi('tipn -quite content :to take their past reputations-on trust. .; JdHNNTXEE" :...•■■;; .;.;■' ;.'^ ■ Song .'Cbn(cst> 'iS - Mlns.-^LOCAL': GARDNER LIQtJOIt A WINE SHOP Wed.. 10:3b m. V ; $ v; yVABY, Albany. ?.'^ >■■.;- .:''■■ V'\:- ; -pflhaihd.^ one would; not think nud-- ihoming the rnbst' productive radio isales pi?ri6d'^ for 'heady'. I'ev6r<-i!?es. HoWe.yer. the list,ot. correct title tab-^ bers f ot first' broiidcast- in' hew serie."? appeared to indicate.that irien as.well as .wjomen dial .progfam. Four of- the. eight theatre . ticket. winners} - were irteh, threeVof . the latter iresidirig. in . as tiiany. Gapita^.Dislrict:■cities.. a the . fourth . in. a- :suburbah-;:Viilagp. Geographical coverage,;..for "both 'sexes,:was:,RO0;d;:'v.. .;'■■'.■"''■;■-■■■-■. Usuallyr liquor:; salyos are ifired after 6. p. m;,'on'th.e assuniption that the male ^ contingent ^with ■ mohey to spend may . be.' listehirig; Here ;.th^- sponsbr. gathers a.buncli of names and addresses of potential cUstoiners, en- tries being mailed to his shop. iOie ad- Vantageio 10:30 a, m. shots, frorh sta- tion-s viewpoint; is thait they are not likely to bring protests about, wihe-' licuor blutbing before childjreh (ir school). • . ■-< ■ Setup of 'Memory Melodies* is the sanie. as .that used- oh' brevioiis -son" contesters in Albany.- Group; of ei^ht tunes aire pianoeet .with 'a brief ver^ b^tl |key' nrecedihg each and a rhc^ ody reprise before sipnolT. Arthic Oakleys are on WB\s Troy theatre whose coming film is plugged;" Lee, a .competent nop ivory stroker oh pons, also- does the cpmmient and adYert.'.<i ingi No listener can fjiil to identify nature of products offered, cor"-"' ref- erences being very definite*. Jdco. TINO ROSSI Tenoir;;" ■/'■■'■•■':-\'- ' 15. Mins. ;.■ ;SustainHip-... .Monday,''-TtiS', p'; -m.' '■, • , ■■WJZ^NBC, NeW..1fdrk-. ■'■" '_..■"'■.■ Another' imported tenor. There have been several. And" on: a basis yf.what : happened to the others the chiihces . pf . Bossi ; rriakinjr any . ro;i.l progress in America niay. be deemed ni.e.agrc; This, -despite Rossi's well ni£;h sensational popiilai-ity,:in his. na.-. live El-anee. It'just:doesn'~t:'wbrk.oiit that..way;m..prac^^^ . They iij*h-bfr a- ciay ni^ht '(24)' hiay bis.-the-. tipTpff.; Sjj'ielcr said .\ih- effee't; , that Rossi .shoul'd- arid.,may be back agaifl day night ori 'sonie of, these, stations.. It's that big--if' that.preveht.s. the-net- work :mak-mg.--anything ..of its. talonti .Ev'ery thing: ' else /.comes.' first. / The rhimebnrapbC machiri'e ■•. ~ the'' only faithful adyQcatfe-.pi;a. . :v=i5erspn- . . Rossi is' CorsicSri. , - And-. reported big stuff in Paris,- etc..' 'His num- bers tend -mostiy to .the Gallic and the Latin, . hegivy,. bh the. . tango ballads . for . .whicK. he .is ;. re- nowned* with considerable, versatility manifest . -on . his .. getaway ; quarter houiF." His Colurhbia recordings are best sellers bn both sides of ,the: At-r Jantic. But like NBG's other current buildier-upper, Jeari Sabloiij one wbri- ders over'Jlbssi's future. . . Sablon's a baritorie, the so-called Vailee bf . France; Hoss! is ia, ten.or, and his- mass. :• popularity.stopping, traffic, etCi, ' -: reported 'Occasions, has likened him ;tb' the. Valentino of France,; since he's also - appeared. iii French filmiisicats,-Sablon nias plenty: on the. ball; although teridirig; of late tb:.A'eer too inuch. to the foreign.lan- guage, 'but-he has yet;.to . really spck;: And similarly Rpissi* >vhb is reported deficient in parlezihg Anglais, and hence', must emphasize, the - forei.gn numbeirs, i$- basically worthy. ••; But those hit" 'ri' ih'iss. sustaihers!- Lana.. Follow Dp Cimiment • 'Fanchoii ma'de a.: .second 'appeat^ ance on *HbJly wood in .Person^ when she emceed a five-mihiite preview (if her latest suDcrvlsibri'. job,; 'The "Thrill: of a. Lifetime'-: (released :day aftpxv: biroadcast).. ;.' Eleanor ..Whitney and Johrtriy Downs,-" t\v6\ of cast' in the- P.^riamouht picture.; worked^Wi.th-: Mi!;5 Fanchoh. Miss Whitney tapped ; a number smartly. Proceeded, a bit 'bfeathle.ssly,V.io tell; a. stpry'-aboiit missi ng her. tra j n;, whi le -Ibokihg fOr' .i handbag, .in .Chlca;^© ; and waiting 'for. three days' -heGaiise Weather con-' ditions .grpuhdedi - pjanes ; scheduled :t6: lliy ;west;'. Down.s .w.arbledya num ber fpbiti the: filni-.arid then "fpllbwed Miss' Whitnby'.'-. example in ; belief-;; it-or-npt yarnihg.' • A .plug: for a .p.a. fit the .Orphcum, Sah:.Fr£incikco;.;Was.? inpei^ted. '■■;,■•.■.':■'■ "■ ': .■■ ■;-,--■'.''.....,- •. ■ ::Miss;. Fanchah.,, dialoguihj?, .with. Mvss Whitney, Po.wh.s and Prograrti- pilot Bob .'Baker,; was • clear-ybiccd and friendly.-,;. .... -: : '-;..': THORNTON TISHEr: Snorts Talk I EE FA TS . Moh.-Sai.. 7 p.m. WNEW, New York Fisher, former;N.;:Y; sports editor. Is; pne :6f the oldest sports spielers on the air in obint of •service,;. Fact Is evident in the; authoritative, man ner in. which he airs- his views: and th" r'a,v's.haopenincs. W'r.ter. birih^s a dearth of-. snort hew.s. NatiirM result, of thi.s .makG.<; It harder : to hold : listener's inlbrest Fisher.;:piv.es haDoehihgs' in all \ rvir rent stuff: a 'nnce-pver li^htlv. rtolv- ■In."? into activities, in. thef 'ba.sebalt hnt stove, league, trade:, aono'ntment.«;: etc. Then :h6pkev. basketbail and the fi.trht ■ gahie. .- His com>heht.«!.;;he isnepk a. thorpii^th ;kn:bwledge of :Whal he is talking -about. ■ )■'■ Commercials: aror adrbitl!/. WorTced In, w-ith snbns vi- handiri.iir. out a-niiifi- ber of their product weekly for call in«» neare:<!t correct scores invjbaskeii ball and hockey games.;;/rhi.'s week prQspe.ctiv.e winners 'Were: asked to name the v/inrier and round pf ,thc B-?^dpGk-Farr' fight Friday . (i21 night. ■ ■ : ,;;■■;../ -.,::.:;-V ^ ■-■•..; LLQTD AND THELMA; , . -S.?:cred-:Song'9,. SHAWNEE, MILLING CO. Daily;'-,ll:15-.a.hn-.v-- '^"';■-V-'.. •■ KGFF; Shawnee,-Okla. . This: CPUplei- Ll.pyd ; and ; Tlielm Brori.''eh, have;'just cpmpleted.'thei 1,100th prPgram, fbr their .^ipbnsbr. which. i.s /Dretty good certification .i,h Itself. They; succeed in ,putting ever their .type: of. .sentimental -songs without7;makiri;g^ :them .'sound insin- cere or overdone; no;moaning.'' '' ; Sppnsors : and station were shaky aljout- 'commercializihg-;'. religious music when these two ^ first went oh the air but have long: since, chan.gec thieir... hiind as, avera.ge; days mai' brihers 50. or more letters and post cards cbrrimending: them. • Leuiis. HOOSIER nOVSEWARMlNG'i MVith Ray ISliapnOn;.Deon Craddqck, Herb' .Speakerman, : :Drifting:. Pio- neefsv ;'lalian-: FamUy, -:. DDug^ias; Browninif. v 20.Miiis.--V .:''■;-'■■ ''^^:'r & LABORATORIES : ; Sunday,'6'p.m.%'- WLW. Cinciniiail (Bracfcett-SamplcrHttnimer.t) This G rb s 1 ey-taleht;: show, .a Wednesday hiight sustainer for sev- erial weekSi : was taken over Jan. .123 by the F. & F ; Laboratbries fbr a series of 13 weekly - airings.; Blurbs be. sponsor's cough . syriip and "drops. A: niix-up.; of . hiilbilly and pop musical,-fare and; chatter, it stands chance of .jgaihing : attention' frpnri bbth -rural and. eity folks. . : .^ -..;. To give a hbmey atntiosphere, it :has •hbuse-party locale.; .Opens . with crowd laughter and strains, of 'Back Home in . Indiana'; . for a theme, Douglas Browning, . announcer,,, is rh;c. and Ray Sharihoh, ; with the handle of :'Happy*. attached to ■ his; name, Is the comedy cog. Shannon doe;s okay ^s a: jovial and- elderly hick.: Drifting Pioneers,: .string and vocal male quartctj : supply the, back- yonder rhythtn; , ■ Deon ;. Graddbck, , torchy-voiced, Rdlos familiar tUnes in fair fashion^ Vocal , sock is by Herb Speakerrhan, rich baritone. On initial stanza he ecored with 'Rosaiie*. and .'Gold Mine: in ;.the Sky.' Smart touch! of ^ producr tidn :-is organ - accompahimeht for them. Julian .-Faiihily, ; three nialcs and two fcmmcs, do all right in-close harmony. - Applause for each contribution can be tamed to advantage; Corhmercial nnnptihcertehts are.' well :spbtted, -yet the middle one is considerahlv tod long. - ;.. Koll. : Af. K.^iiiill,, veter.nn 'burle.sigue and \;audeyiUe, comedian; ,rang , Up' a- ?topd-,sized- qu.dta -pt studio. laughs in- his apbeararice; on "^Hobby Lpbby'-, 6ve,r • CBS..:. Dave . Elh-ian,vni-ogram con^wto^TT-^-sinflOtHi^ Hall had been., b.rcught ifrom Los. Angeles;, to lobl> . for hi.Vhobby,, which, corhic: explained, ;;\vas the corhparisbn iys:^: tween '50-year-oid jokes and modern- yersion ,. of ~ same-. • Evert .' without ideritlfication. Hall's voice and: dcr; livery wbuid; :' g hini • as a' prbfes-. sion.al iurinymah.';,- .-; ;,,'■■■•,> . .• -. ':,. - His gag-ahd;song ^routine made the, date.vrnore':: like a straight giiester: than, a- bit of hobby lobbying. ' Hall did .riot, of .course^ -use. Jiis standby Golurribia-;: line;-' 't •want 'eni ■ fait.- .Timihg: Vahd.. delivery were ' good; voice-; rather husfcyj '^ih; : burlesque, comic'fashion.-,.':.:,.' ..:;:::;'- ..■ ''V '■Tncidehtally; Elmah seemed, to- go out of the^-'\vay; .tb ; plug'" ■ Western Union; and - the . cheapness: of. cable servic^ - i-h - iriter-viewirig . :a : man friend',- .from.; thor:,- vice-bresideht!s office ' of: :Wtr,:'whbse :.hobbv, is 'i;Ol- lectihg: old:, telegrartis: }.. Telegraph: company ..employe ; told: a. Stbry,vot historical .interest; ab9ut hjs 'avoca- tion, but in 'so ;dbJhgVh€; slipped,over sufficient' ad;Vertising;. to,,■ make Elr man's; cbntrlbiitibh:: seem '-uhnecesr ;sary.:-";.;--'-'.-'--';:;;;v -::.-;,"'; -";.': .; :. . ^' ■^ ■ •-, HARRIET PARSONS ; Chatter .: .;. \- 15 ;Minsi '■' ^.^; ■'■-^'(-, .-^ -. / ■:;;•' ■-'--■.-' BROMO SELTZER; Wed., 8:30 ■p.m. '- ■ WJZ-Blue^ New York Walter Thompson) Harriet Parsons makes the third progranii: which Thompson has' haihded ; "the ; headache;^powder.this; season. Aftei: .; 13.: Weeks, of■ ;Sid: Skolsky,;; the; agency . came. through ■■ With, an idea (Eddie :Gar.r .broadcast?, ing from Broadway' iterie) which folded ; with .• sing'e;' broadcast, hiecessifating a quick substitute book-' ingt and ■ Miss.; Parsons wa? it. .Her guarantee is three,wiekS; Her. ini.tial broadcast . (19): indicated, that the problem will soph be. back iii .the Thompsen G.P.^'s..laO. ■ . ■■:.'.;..- ■ ; ' ■' -- Filni - gpssip'er; ;'prefaced -. her item- reading.'With - pledge, .to. sidestep; scandal.. ' - She;, said -. that....she :. was against, spreading; that /sort . of ".stuff,, even ' though a lot . of ' it is :.h.ea'rd arpuhd iCpllyw'b.pd,;. and that there, wis enbvigiv ;authentic 'news to be: pibkpd . up: in the: cplbny Ayithbut having to dish the dii't.. From :.then on-, it was an iri.nic;UQu.<?; arid almost GOhs.iSterttiy. dull recital , of / iweet little:';cinecdbtes' about the late'f?t par-, lor-game'crazes;:in.Hblly>'QDd,, What lis . Screen subdeb-was doirig, Why he .;rumbr about .Mrs,- ;Tcriiple cut- ting Shiriey's curls wasri't true'riand. the .r.evela;tipn that pick.Pbw'ell .was soon to become a: popba in: his own right. Some bjE the bits sounded quite tale/ ; ■ r . ;"--;:. - . ■. ;-.r - /■;: v -Ad,- .copy stressed ;the prbduct*s IJalliative value ,for nervoujs - head- aches..;: EDDIE ^KASPER-.-- Vox Pop ;:.--.■■■ '.V 15 .Mins.—Local ;. SCOTT furriers; INC. ; Friday, II a.iri,' ■■■. WEEI, Boston ..: (Continental) '. .-. ■ Each Friday;six femmes.leave; their teepeies to- gather around the roike: with i Sddie Kasper to relea.se thieir opinibhs bh queries sent in,, arid each is ; 'awarded' a $15: Scbtt ..Furriers Mejc:charidi.se ;;Gertificate;',Listeners who fubmit arid have--their; queric,<i accepted get a $10':certif.;; Some ; o.f the gals have intelligerit opinioris and express- 'theW :;as silch,- Others are giddvi .arid uninterestingly- tei'se, • ■ : First, cpupla -ishots. .gave_.th'e' sextet "ah eh ;•; rrias.se bpinionated whaeit ..at ,'each of the. several ;ciuerie5.' . Latest .frames;; have:: a . •vyholesale ;, lot . of queries,:; one tossed, .to; each on the round robin idea... /. KaSper. joshes with the candidates arid re.strict.s therii to jUst the'ariswer which he persorially rtilcs .is required ■If they; were let to digress"the session would- be : of greater entertainment value.- -■ -'-''■ ■':■; :■ ;--''- ''-. Kasper, forriierly of .th,e'.legitim;ate theatre, .nas that profe.ssional dictiori ; arid brand of talking. .It's refined and sounds bke. He breaks;;the indoor vox pop frame midway'with a super verbiage and sugarized commercial; Somewhat lengthy. : , Nqrm>: Alex. Woollcdtt knows the psychol- ogy of reachin.g a radib audience On WOR, New; York the bther night he ;,es:pre?5ed. hirriself; as in perfect accbrd with the'prby^iricial jioticies of his perforrilarice -in 'Wine of Choice/ legit' 'play due sbbri' on Broa.dway. :He\Panned himselfi;; •WoollCbtt also; gave Ruth ^Gordon quite a buildup;'for her performance in 'DblPs HbU.Se." currently on . the Sterti; - He .rates, her trbuping aiflong the flhest things in the: theatre, no superlatives . ; .barred. - .Said : about sanfie thing last year of : the John Gielgud 'Hamlet.* ^ ; i'Wie the Peopie* oh WABC, N. (2(1), V, contained more than ;Usual •amount of .- freak; items; certeihly enough, to appeaSe those, listeners .who glim the oddities ih: daily hews papers;' Contrasty in humorous arid digriified ■ or .pathetic persbhalities, That supposed tear-jerker at this erid; more or less; a; fixture on . this: series, seems but of place and/so.uhds mighty phbriey.; Sound.? but of/place with fairly 'legitimate figuteis .that pire -cede, it. Broadcast;, got. rolling with -Ger trude Liritz, feriime trainer of goiril- las,' bringing one to. mike' for • 'chat ter.' Somber .ilenri next in:, line as Bellevue interne related strtiggle. in his. daily .rbutirie: to Salvage.:humans Pr.o.gram. iramers then .sought-laughs with New Haven-: Register's: Hank 'sirigirig ;ric\vf;bo>;i,* .Girl- Who is Seek ing. Lost; Atlantis; was; identified as Lpber' 'peu; ,a ;name . that the '.ah nouncer might: well have spelled^out Yputh who used an electric shayer in a phone .boblhi pffeiied human in terest .fbpiG and ' plug ;for ; brand ;he use.d. . Silting ;;Buli's grandson, chief of- Sioux,-. supplied. ;.vivid 'inside i. - CitaLi; o^ .vVhat ■transpired- iri''rGus.ter.'s last fight.;• Mr. -arid.Mrs.- Fred;.Lukin in for humorous ■ iterri, -tbld bf' agree ■ing.-; for; first; ti rii.e in; -23 'years.—-. SLuoky StrjkeJs - 'Y.our Hpllywobc Parade' last Wednesday .^(1£^) .rcori- fined Bob Mope to; a^ rieict-to-clbsing .5pdt. w.i th. 1 hc result; that this iristallr. merit; :lacked.. ;miich'' of • the-. byerral; .corncdy flavor ;\vhich- characterizec the -prccedirig one,-; Hope appears to'b adaptable a; comic to be: kept ' out of the; general prbceedingS j.and tucked away; for .a fiewv riiiriutes of dialog. Fe>y that; he did: do' on this, occasion; clicked exceptionally -well. .;lnstall riifent as a whole d;id. hot - liun quite smoothly or pack -ariy; ;.sp'ck: butside ■of - that -delivered .by Hd'pe. :. . ■:;' :' . Ed.Ward; .Arnold : guested with^ niece vof - dramatic ..hokurii', 'Swami, ;by.. Aroh Obler, usirig: Rbsella Towrie and Jeffrey , Lyrid- :.ih support. , Ji; was a pale rehashing of a .theme tha local tbrch-bearing: groups torturec long ago; the; father who: disillusions • his grown-iip daughter, by..revealing that he. cariie by%is mbney "thrdu'gh ah QCcUpatjori that wouldn't jiell With her society- friends.;. Another one timer wa.s Joe Schnitzer, head of the Western GpstUnve'Cpmpany, Who dis Closed sbriie- oiE the background ape inside bf h;s business. Same occasion .Introduced A Odcc. LARRY LEE ORCHESTlKA ; 30;Mlns,.-.-v-'.- WORi New York ;'Music from Mbvieland' is the way liarry .Lee tags hi^ dahsapationi: Out- it.'is) originally frorifi .the:.Cbast,; hav- irig -first been on. the air .frbni KHj,; .as. a sustainer.:and;'agairi.- on a eoast:'- to-coast; 'pickup .f roni; the;: Beverly- Wilshire hptel there.- . . . As-hieard currently from the Hotel Gibson,. Cincinnati,: outfit: rates.; at- tehtidh': .because of .'its nd'vel; way - bf. conveying -^the title of cdriiing; tunes.. While the. prbponertts :of Kiay -Kyser and Sammy .Kaye .. ^re ' screaming we're; the fi.rst,' • to announce forth-: Cbiiiing. nurribers by sin.girig'. the Wdrds; of titles, 'this.: outfit heralds them ''with sound ;, effect.s. Niight Caught; Crew :ih.trbed; 'Havirig .Wdh- deffill Time' by r reproduclrig. souhds ,bf reveliryj ' horns; and pODDiripi. of chariipaghe corks; 'Still of Night' by. souhds heard "in the :couritry;; crickets., fiib^s, etc. Of cbijr.se .the: method is limited ;:tb; tunes, subject - to certaih eflfects.-.-';-':'> -;■;'-:■• - C ■ Lee still; vses his- 'bancing in the Dark' ; bit which:, is when both he and :his .Crew show: to best: ad- vantageL;His .announcement, that the ; lights are',,being::diih-niied in the Flbr- erttirie Rbbni ■ is fblloWe'd by :a set of Ibve: ballads vocals of which Ibatoneier does himself. ' When- subduedi crew sounds best while voice of Lee is more suited tb,the slower tehipo; . PETER tORRE, llLA tEE; ■ Dramatic -:-:','.-.- ROYAL GELATINE > Thursday, 8: p.ni. - , • WfeAF^NBG. New York ; (J. Wdltcr Thdmpson) ; ; Peter; Loire, the little fright man with the. round:- eye's arid :tbnele'sfi ;voice, teamed 'with .-Lila Lee. sweet iand wholesorrie gal bf the bid silerits, fpr a ; weiird and; rather, pointless rnobk skit on the. Vallee show' last •Thursday (20) night. No help to the batting averages. • , : Piece- was ;called 'Picture Man' and was taken frbrii a Gpronet Varn, by Lee j'alk. Had .Lofre as. the. sini.*;tei' photographer ■whp.se camera ; takep snapshots of people as. they'll look Kf :spriie;, given time ; in the ' future. GpriiSeqUentiy; one gent has prdwn fat another looks too: aged arid still an- other has lost^ a leg;- After an at- tenuated bit of' 'J;-:don'trwant-t,o: arid dhrgo-iahead • .stuff,; 'Lila Lee .rosed p.nd dre-w a blarik ;pi:G:l}.ire..: Whiiis of I'm-tod-young-td-dle and fadeout;: Lorre. arid Miss tee.yanked all the emotin.if stops in ' trying to inject ehill.s into the srript> .but-.it i:bmr>ined pretty tame' stuff, .Hohe. ' Gbodriian:: a^ • -successor, batbriist tb Leo. Eprbstein.; - Dick.:Po\vell :plied his: m; -.-ing '. With thje usual, suavity and ■good :ta.'?te, ; while Ridseihary Lane arid Dudley Chambers' chdi'us w'ere.i'iJke.himi bright ffictbi-s th'up holding the. pirograin'S vbcal barrage. . feaiciefii'.arid; Kobl cigarets. :.shbuld find the amateur innirijf if introdubed on ;its NBC. prb.i^ram.. last Friday night, (21) • a .' sUbstaritial- audience puller, .The initial .contest .was adrbit- ly; interpolated into; the Tommy Dor-: .sey. rhythm-fest and disclosed a com- binatipn .of ..skill .and eom.edy.. over-; tones that ;wa's-inbre-tha.n .entertaining. It was reffeshirig. - The idea; and' its handling has what it takes: to engage riot only; the swirig addicts,- but the hoi'des Who m'ake the brass pr wood instrument an avobation.. -iLast Fri day-s stanza vsquair.ed .bff.-ag^ .'andther a drummer, a clarinetist, a trurilpetist arid, a terior . sax • player and got them' tbgether for an. after fiiece. :;Picklhg:bf the $.75 prize win :ner i.s left tb audience ;applause: For the. time being, oafticipations' are ■littiited to those living -within easy distance bf New:york.: ..:.■: FRIDAY NIGHT FOLLIES' > With Bill Brundkre, Harry Liikcns Connie Cook. Llbby^ Ruth arid Ma;r(y, and Harty Diokman's Or..« -'"chestra ::,■...•-■ '-;•: -'-■ ■ 30-Mihs;':•:.;■'• ;:■'.:.;.;-■::; •-'■-'■ :-\'' '.' Suistalnlncr^' Friday, 6:30 i>.ni. WAVE..': Loniavilie;-;.;;- New weekly hddge-pbdge prograrii desigried.to make full use of the re-- ■ qentiy engaged stalT orcheslVa; di- rected by Harry Diekriiari, is a rticelv built local effort, and should hold a goodly share of listeners^ if for no other rieason tha|l 4 change from net- ■ wbrk. fare, paucity of local air piQ. ductions has Ibng been,felt here, arid '' with more material at hand, in the ■ form ol ;a staff bartd;,:this - station seeriis tb be taking steps tb .correct that:.situatlb.ri.-'-'.. ' •..-.' : :.>- .• :■-;': -: '.-.-' While there is little'departure from • the;: usual vocal arid - instrumenlal - riufribers;: arihduncer.^ Bill Bruridage arid Harry' Lukeris . indulge in- con- ' :■■ siderable airy:, persiflage, to. keep th-inps moving, ' and. at prdg!i-am'. cavWht injected .i3lenty; pf comedy with .a singing :herii.Which o'ftqr Tnuch;: cpaxi rip - andv ca j olihg, ,- ref used to f: i n g. An releriient of novelty :was : also iri- trdd.ueed, in the person ;of a; , chap •:' announced; as " haying: , 'double aryrix.';-Adlibbing was iridulged )ii to :;a:-. considerable'" extent, ,-arid- 'the ■ rifiost^striking feature of-the program ; seemed to, ,be it's.; inforniality.^ •; ■ Mu'sicai: hurinibers .>yere well'- hgn^^.; died: by . the ensemble undeir: Hai-i-y -: Diekmah's direction. ; Corini e; Cook, IT-year-old blues'sihger,, who sings ' in a throaty; cbntraito voiCe evidence , ing. pbssib'ilities, as did .Libby,: Rulh' ?:rid Marty,; fehime trio, 'who -Warble with; the orchestra.v: ; ■. ■•.;: ■ ■ - ■ ;: ^-----: ' Altogether ; a very dbrifiriiendabTe.: effort bh. \the. part of the - station;. to ; build, a, local:show, and a, weJcoriie, - p.dditiori to the progranris avaiilabTe, tb: , IbcaL listeners.: ; ' ..: : .jFfbld.;! WORLD NEIGHBORS' With Herbert Biitterfieldr';V>rs:.ini* Payhe. Harold.; Peai-y.- Raymond Johiison^ Brett Morrisbin,': Malcolm: Meacham; Betty Lou Gerson, Tcm-' pleton Fox, Barbara Luddy, Frank .: Pabchelli, Hitgh Studebaker.: ;r Dramatization';'-'' 3a-Mins.'-.-'V-'- Siistainiiag:-' ■:- -■:: :'.;■ Sunday,-3--p.m.,-C'ST,.''-..' WGN-WBBM, ;:Ciilcago..'0 -■.,■:'; : University/ Broadcastinig , 'Cduricil : effort.; Written by Henry Barbour; arid , produced-by Joe: Airileyi . ; "This one, with its intelligence- and . shOAVman$hip,, rates, maximum- audi-^ erice aittjention for an educational and is cejrtainly well able to. cbmpete .With rilahy. commercial eritertaihihents on - "the-ait-i .'' ■ y-^-.- - By a series of 30-minute programs,: 'World Neighbors': is tracing; the his-: tbrical' backgrbtinds of the various European and: Asiatic. nations; from the Middle Ages up to the present day, in an attempt tb make tbday'a situations more Aihderstaridable... • " Such a purpose is: no mean; task;, biit tJBC has dori* it welL Writing of the shoW ishows irnmense . re- search and;aw*,reness of .limitatibnsL Historical characters a;re made. real, human and the situations under^ standable. :' -'-..' * Station managers who.ai-e.pestered., by., educational , program ; ch iseleri can toss 'erri off easier, 5tili : know i ng they're living up to FCC regulations, but more iso, if they're carryinif li show such ..as"; thiW^^^^ . ' : < . • ' ; ' > MURRAY; ALLEN; ■ / Kid Talent ■ 25 ]Miins.^Lbca;i'' ■■.■'■-■ -•. ■ PARAMOUNT StUpiOS Saturday, ll:0&;a.m. -WQRL, -Boston •■ This; jiive talent ttairiing. studio. (6-16) has a 25-miriute Saturday and a half-hOUr Sunday iriame;; Gimmick of the talent aired is to selfrexploit its deeds with; students who -shovV soriie promise at warbling;or hoofing, ■ Until, recently,, othe studio ;; sent scouts;but to homes to. look over kid's whbrii pdteritial stage mothets thpiight were; cafbbn- copy Bbbby Breens: arid Shirley; Teiriples.^ But now, the, IfeH ; has been reversed . and the; riidther - and .pfTspririg ;'. have to;, leave: Irieir abodes for studio .auditioning.; -Para-. mount' :jiictures -might well .try ,,to ; stop the use ,of ,,the title. ' - • ; Allen, is , the rin.c;. and; his voiciE; is ., abbtit the most genuine thing on th0 frame. ; Interisive ; repetitive , com- mercials arevboring.- a'nd so is the ; program.'-': ' For ;dbtihg patents only,, ,; , JVQr7ri. -" ?GAS HOSPITALITY HOUSE' ;Co6kiner ;Sch6ol/:,.-'.--;:- IS^Miris^Local-:.:-■■':"/■- PUBLIC SERVICE CO.: :Tues./-Thurs.''■:'; KLZ, Denver a: neat prbgrarin ,designed:, to coax : the. ladies tb; cook mbre iarid!thus:u.< riiore gas.,' One recipe is .given during, the quarter hour, Bbb Bradley sirigs, a • sortg ; or 'two, and LeS Weelans handles the 'piano., 'Aunt, Vera'; of the; Public;Service Cb.'ddes the cobk- irig chatter,; /aided ;and; abetted by: ;;Hdward Chamberlain, .annouricei'. ,: Cast does a heat job of the seemr- ingly ad ;lib .banter. A winner frbrri. bne of the station's amateur contests.. a.;l7ryear-old.tap dancer,.was.'.used. ; • : ;Sponsor: has "built a demonstrating ■ kitchen in it^; dowhtoWp building frorini .where the prbgrj^m" is broad- cast,: packed, every show. There's • ;minute;ahd a half pliig fbr gas- at the close. -' Ros9» ■:■