Evening star., 1936-07-26

tain our guests" intones the announc
ner-just as if the star Of the show
had contributed his services for
charity performance instead Of hav-
ing a ready hand out for the nice.
certified, four-figure check at the
end Of the show.
And speaking Of comedy with a
touch Of irony-it's probably too much
to hope that the burlesqued broad
casters themselves have an ear cupped
to the loud speaker to catch Stoop-
nable and Bud doing a take-of on
some of the headlining biggies of the
airwaves But If ever a business
needed to provide opportunity to hear
themselves as others hear them-radio
is that business. The Stoop and Bud
series Is comedy-but comedy with
some nice, salient comments and
pointers for any Of the artists who
care to take the well-directed barbs
to heart.
WHILE stoop and Bud carry on,
incidentally, Comic Fred Allen
and his wife are vacationing at Old
Orchard, Me. Allen, in maroon-and-
black striped bathing togs, dark
glasses and comparative security from
curious Summer visitors who like to
have a first hand glimpse of a celeb
rity, spends his afternoons on the
beach, his mornings on the veranda
of the waterfront cottage he has
leased. However, Wun Long Pan him.
self never looked more gloomy than
does Allen when the tourists crowd
around to cape at him doing away
with a soda on his rare visits to the
village.
TIE your radio program to a per-
sonality That has been the mot
to of smart sponsors for several sea-
sons now Which may account for
Bob Hopes plans to take on the role
of a definite character for his Fall
series. Hope will emerge in next sea-
sons scripts as a Broadway hoofer
who got into the business of broad
casting on lucky fuke-as how many
haven't? Wonder If the bright
outlook for Fall, including that new
commercial assignment, might be re-
sponsible for the new verve in the
voices of the Westerners {. A for
ward look to the Autumn radio pic
ture reveals the plans of Paul White
man to add a comic to his show.
Where he'll get time to put him in
that set-up he hasn't conflded-and
that's a point to be considered In a
show which is now so chock full of
talent that the breathless announcer
scarcely has the time to let you in on
what's coming next.
A DID to the list of commercial inani-
ties the comment on Cornelia Otis
SINNERS hour which admits we hate
to break the mood of Miss SINNERS
program''-and then goes ahead and
does it. =. While we're on the subject
of Sunday shows, Rachel Carlay seems
to be having time for herself, soloing
the French version of some popular
American tune on every show. It's all
right when the song is i Love You
but when she attempts to work on
rs a-Muggin' mon Dieu!
Radio Row is placing bets that John
s. Young will get the announcing job
with Nal Bowes after the latter's net
work shift. 1t looks as if Lanny
Ross would be announcer. master of
ceremonies. singing star and boss of
the Show Boat" by Fall. downing
previous reports that Charles Winnin-
ger or AL Jolson would do the m. C.
job. Vincent Lopez will get an auto
commercial at C. B. S, when he gets
back from that London swing concert.
At last reports, Phil Regan will re-
main en- the Ken Murray show
Eddie Carr will get cigarette COM
mercIal Rubinoh and his orchestra
will have a commercial at c. B. S.
with Jan Peerce and Virginia Rea of
his current transcription series doing
the soloing.
JIMMY NEWELL will stay in that
Burns and Allen show spot .
Wendell Hall will 60 on leading the
community songs c. B. S. plans to
import that popular Goose Creek
parson for a series to begin August
80 Frank Forest will be back on
the Caravan along about Septem-
Der Is Fred MacMurray is eye
ing radio So is Josephine Hus-
ton. who gets a c. B. S. build-up
after five years in musical comedy.
Rex Beach will author the scripts
when that Chicago radio fan maga-
zine takes to the air via N. B. c.
in September Everett johnson
will be at the helm of the Metro
politan Additions of the Air again
next season Sunday afternoons on
N. B. c., beginning october l8 -.
Sports history as it's written at the
Olympic games in Berlin will be
aired over all the major networks,
beginning Saturday with Hitler's
opening address, through the finals
August 16. Microphone thrills are
billed from the Detroit soap-box
derby for August 16 E. and for the
ladies practically all next month,
when N. B. C. has planned to rush
Chanel, Lanvin, Lelong and Piquet