The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-14
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By ED LEAMY

I suppose I'd have figured 1t out for myself given time, but 1t was an advertising exec, in New York who first gave mo the cue to the success of quiz radio programs, Simple" said he almost as If he were Sherlock Holmes addressing Dr, Watson, Most of the broadeasts make Q point of asking questions such As almost anyone, not entirely c moron, can answer with some degree of ease, The man listening to such A pro- gram in his own home, ninety-nine times out of . hundred doesn't realize this, He gets a great thrill out of answering the questions him- self before the person in the studio audience can do SO, If he guesSes correctly, he's oil puffed up, espes eially If tho person queried in the audience muffs the question, He gets the Idea that he's really Q very smart fellow and his boosted ego does 6 great deal for his morale ..., Which, needless to say is sound reasoning -. For quiz pro- grams are very popular, even though some of them are ealibfated to mem talities which would seem definitely to be subnormal, Even when they aren't so sealed down, the quiz mas ter gives 50 much Aid and help to contestants that all semhlanee Of contest disappear,
 One, however, that continues to adhere to It's high standards Is the tried, familiar Information Please. But, Of course the quizEeFs and the quigsed are above the run of the mill, which makes 1t all the more interesting, because if you can an- Bwer 0 fair share of the questions propounded on every program-boy, you're goodI
 And whils on tho subject; Have you listened recently to Tt Pays to De Ignorant2" A good-natured spoofing Of all quiz programs, 1t Is to this uneeuth listener, Q riotously funny half hour of entertainment warranted to chase the blues over the hill to the workheuse, every FTt- day night. And that goes also for the irrepressible Duffy's Tavern heard half an hour earlier, If you plan to listen to both programs 1t wouldn't be c bad idea to have your sides taped before you split them laughing,
 NDCs Jack Benny returns from c busy Summer of entertaining dI's in the vast stretches of the Pacific in time to resume bFoadeasting on schedule Sunday Oct. 1 (7:00 D. n,)
 Only Singer Dennis Day, now an Ensign in the U, 8. Navy, will Do missing from the familiar Benny lineup of Mary Livingstone, RoeheS. ter, Phil Harris and Don Wilson.
 Benny, reported in excellent trim for resumption of the merry non. sense which Is 6 high spot of many listeners Sunday evening, was accompanied on his vacation" jaunt by Carole Lands motion plc- actress Larry Adler of the ex- pressiVe harmonica and Martha Tiiton, singer,
 Benny, who spent the summer re- cess of ie43 touring Mediterranean war fronts, recently encountered another top.flight NEG comedian when his troupe and Bob Hopes hit Honolulu simultaneously for c series Of shows for serVicemen,
 With the relentless Headlines of his famous weekly in mind Henry Luce, publisher Of Time" has wired Guy Lombardo that "TimO Waits for No one" Is his musical autos graph. The selection will Do played in name during the broadcast Of Guy LombaFdo and his Royal Cana dians in Musical Autographs over the Blue Network Saturday Sept ie, at l0;00 ?, m.
 For the same program Maria Monteg has chosen the very Latin "Tico Tico' as her fayoFite while Lou Little. Columbia Colleges faiIls ous football coach, picked Tho Old Refrain" Capt. Arthur w. Wef'