The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

There may not be anything new
under the sun, but blind date,
however old the idea, still remains
daring and often terrifying -
experience. Radios blind Date"
show, heard Mondays at $3.50 D. M,
over WATR and the Blue network,
Is letting countless thousands share
the unique adventure without the
disappointment A new version
Of q custom as old as some radio
comedians jokes.
Each week on the show six service
men compete, sight unseen, for
dates with three noted beauties. To
the winners goes the pleasant prize
Of escOrting the charmers to New
YOrk's famous Stork Club for an
evening Of dining and dancing at
the sponsors expense. This ''satis-
faction guaranteed" "Blind Date" is
really unique compared with the
famous, frequently tragic examples
found in history, mythology and
literature.
Pyramus and TInisbe, the mutual
heart throbs Of Greek legend and
among the earliest blind daters, got
that certain feeling though separ-
ated by a thick, high wall with just
q pinpotnt chink in it. They finally
arranged to get together, but row.
ing lion put damper on the date.
Today, a wolf often accomplishes
the same result.
That ancient mariner, Ulysses, was
almost lured to similar date by
the singing Of the unseen sirens on
the Island of Circe. Anticipating
a present-day crooner. the melodi-
Gus myths made Ulysses men swoo1,
losing control Of the ship, and
smashing 1t to smithereens. An
other romance on the rocks!
Closer to our day, Elizabeth Bar
rett and Robert Browning fell In
love, knowing each other for quite a
while only through their poetry. A
tyrannical papa tried to put stop
to their blind date, but love finally
won out.
Today most Of the Arabian world
believes in blind dates even so far
as marrying goes. The bride always
wears a veil until the knot Is tied
securely. Maybe that's why the aver
age Arab accumulates several wives.
In THE Lady or the Tiger"
Frank Stockton's famous tale, man
is doomed by despot to choose be.
tween entering two doors, one con-
tanning hungry tiger, the other
beautiful princess. Whether that
blind date took place is never re-
vealed by the author.
On radios Blind Date. however
tragedy and tigers are taboo. Boy
finally meets girl, both go dining
and dancing, and good time is hac
by all, including the radio listener.
Musicians, both the long haired
and the short-haired varieties, are
in complete agreement on one point.
i. the French horn is the hardest
instrument Of them all to play. And
If you had any lingering doubts on
that point. just ask Rudolf Puletz.
PuIetz plays the horn In Vladimir
SelinsIky's orchestra, on the CHS
Friday night series, 1--WE Who
Dream" In common with everyone
else who has ever played the French
horn, he agrees that it's awfully
easy to hit a clinker on the mellow
toned instrument. And last Fridays
1--WE Who Dream" script was built
around silver hunting horn, which
meant that PuIetz put in an hour
of orchestra rehearsal, took a five
minute break, rehearsed another As
minutes with the cast, took five, and
then did the 15-minute show. Pu-
Ietz, with a welI-wOrn Lip by that
time. got through the show with
out a clinker. We're not saying
word about what happened in re-
hearsaL
Blondes" husband Dagwood
(Arthur Lake, was most anxious to
get away from last Mondays broad
cast in a hurry. Between speeches
at the mike, he had 'phoned his
wife twice: to see If his flowers had
arrived and then. If his dress suit
had been returned by the cleaner.
When asked what was going on so
important at his Pacific Palisades
home. Dagwood brought forth an
engraved premiere invitation.
whats the picture?" asked Radio
Producer Don Bernard.
mo picture at all, DON" Dagwood
went On to explain. The stationer
in Santa Monica is staging a pre-
miere preview Of the new super de-
luxe automatic clutch pencil. The
party's formal and the pencils solid
gold. Costs SIPS a copy II you are
figuring on a nice Christmas gift
suggestion. I have to hurry home to
get on my white tie and tails!"
That's Hollywood
Jack N0veIlo, veteran radio actor
who recently took over the role Of
"yack Packard" in the CHS II Love
Mystery" adventure series, comes
from long line Of entertainers. His
grandfather was clown in an Eng
Iish circus, his father . famed Hum
garian stage actor and his mother
concert singer in Italy and France.
Born In London, Jay had an early
ambitions to be q concert viOIinist
but this gave way to desire to be-
come q stage actor after he won .
Charlie Chaplin impers0natiOn con-
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