The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04

The minor consideration was that
Tommy would foot the food and
training bills for the bleSsed-to-be-
named nagS.
Whitley Ford, the Duke Of Padu-
cab heard on the Grand Ole
Opry" Saturday nights over NBC
likes to tell jokes over the air on
other members Of his family, but
now they can tell one on him. All
comedians employ writer's to fur
nish them with fun material, and
then they whip it into shape for
their particular style. Two or three
weeks ago, Janup and Honey, who
do a black-face routine on the
Opry earlier in the evening, started
complaining about their script, in
Whitey's presence. They innocently
asked If Whitley knew where they
could get better writer.
Whitley, all sympathy, gave them
the name and address of joke
maker he could recommend. Last
Saturday night, about thirty min
utes before Whitley was to go on the
air, the boys jockeyed him into the
washroom, where Jamup and Honey
were unblacking, and seemed to be
in very low spirits.
whats wrong with you birds?"
Whitley asked.
THAT writer you told us about is
terrible, those jokes were impossi-
BILE. We didn't get one single, soli-
.tary laugh. 1t was awful" they
moaned.
Where is your script-let's see
It," the Duke said, opening his
mouth for the hook, line and Sinker.
The boys carelessly motioned to
where they had thrown it. and con-
tinued washing their faces, trying
to cover up their amusement with
big bloSS Of lather.
Whitley took the typewriter
sheets and commenced reading. His
face grew red, then purple, then
white, as great beads of perspira-
ton popped out on his brow.
He was reading copy Of his own
Jokes which he was to 60 out and
try to put over. within the next
thirty minutes! The blackface pair
had rugged up the joke with the
help Of member of the dukes fam
lily, who had made a copy of his
routine and Sneaked 1t out to them!
Whitney said he know he had been
double crossed somewhere. but that
he would have done that routine
again when his turn came even If
his audience broke down and cried,
as he had no time left to prepare
anything else!
The average Americans three
square meals day are proving to
be an interesting trend in radio
hese days.
The most recent development is
the Blue networks Breakfast at
Sardi,s". Started on a shoe string.
20 to speak, as purely a west coast
show. the broadcast proved so pop
liar that within q few months It
vent coast-to-coast. with amiable
Tom Breneman as host, It origi-
-ateS during breakfast at the pop
lar eating place right at the film
'isy's famous Hollywood boulevard
| 'D0 VINE street.
Ouick-topgued Ilka Chase's "Lun-
'heon at the Waldorf" aptly took
ARE Of the midday meal. and was
'1-oadcast ri0ht from New York's
most exclusive hotel bv NBC.
Oldest program of this type Is
CBS' ed Sullivan EntertainS''
which comes from the nations
swankiest Observation-Disclosures
"21 Club. Here, above the hubbub
II smart talk and the clink Of ex-
1ensive china. the veteran news
'apeTmaI1 gives the latest inforna-
ion on well-known people as wen as
Interviewing visiting celebrities.
i Sullivan, who has had this type Of
-rogram for more than twelve Year,
believes that the itlfornnality Of
j such 3 program goes q long way "a