The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-28

Labelle, Walter Martell, Frank Aft
hauser, John Danisavage, Pau
Reed and Col. William Shanahan.
VIEW besides Murrow, will be CHS
correspondents Charles Collingwood
Larry Lesueur. Charles Shaw and
Richard Hottelet.
Other portions of world News
Today" originate from world fight
ing fronts, and from New York and
Washington.
When the door bell rings, 1t
means company. When the phone
bell rings, it means conversation.
But when the bell rings on LET
Yourself Co." Milton Berle's new
comedy quiz, 1t means money in
the bank.
Each of the three judges in
Berries Tuesday night Blue network
show is equipped with bell but
ton, which he pushes If he is con-
WINGED that a contestant has really
'let himself go" and has fulfilled
the conditions imposed by himself
and by Berle. If one Judge rings his
bell, the contestant walks of with
$50. Two bells mean SIS, and a
three-bell chord adds 500 to the
participants bank account. If the
guest fails to "ring the bell" he
gets $25 for trying, plus the COM
Portable feeling that comes with
getting rid of an inhibition.
"Archie Andrews" runs into more
strange people than a greenhorn
driver!
Like one Filbert F.. Gladstone,
creator of an ultra modern, stream
lined pretzel, who started in the
industry as a humble salter before
he worked his way up to a twister
or, as Hilbert puts it. "a sculptor
in dough-" According to the script,
Filbert F. is the inventor of the
epitome Of pretzels. ."the double
twist, suger- sailed, unsuitable, vita
min treated Gladstone-the PretZel
of Tomorrow" But then came the
war, and pistons replaced pretzels
on the assembly line. The ensuing
plight of the illustrious pretzel-
maker currently forms the basis for
the comic adventures of Archie and
his sidekick, Jughead, over Mutual,
at Sis p. M, E.W.T.
During a rehearsal Of recent
"Mr. and Mrs North" mystery
show, Craig Macdonald was play
ing a would-be operate singer. He
was supposed to be off-stage, ex-
erciSing his voice by running up
and down the vocal scales. How
ever, his singing was too weak for
the mike. So Jim Andrews, the
director, piped in from the control
room, "Put some weight on that
sound. You know how" Craig should
he may be bit player at times,
but he's a mighty big bit OF a
player. .200-odd pounds, in fact!
Odd contrast in radio Is found
in the singing Of Kenneth Schon,
rotund bass baritone, who Is one OF
the singing neighbors who drop IN
on Mother and Dad" each Satur-
day via CHS at $50 p. M, EWT,
Schon delights his listeners with
such tunes as 1.-THE Big Bass Vol"
on Saturdays. On Sunday he may
be heard singing "Wasduftet doch
der Flider" from Wagner's die
Meistersinger" and other equally
hard-to-do compositions. Kenneth
has Just been chosen as one OF the
finalists in the Metropolitan Audi
tons Of the Air" - and promises
Mother and Dad" front row seats
if he reaches the Met!
Groucho Marx, who likes to tag
"Blue Ribbon Town" cast members
with humorous, singlepharse de-
scriptions, came up with a nifty the
other day. At rehearsal, Groucho
looked at Leo Gorcey, former Dead
End Kid" who plays Marks tough
neighbor on the show, and said:
Prom now on, Leo, you'll be known
around here as "Orson Welles Of the
Back Alley!'"
A marine, appearing on Jay G.
F1ippen's Correction, Pleased" was
asked If he was enjoying his leave
in New York. "Sure," he said. II
went to a swell night club last
night" Flippen inquired If the
place was crowded. mot under my
table," retorted the leatherneck!
A housewife listener in the mid
west wrote to ''Lum and Abner" in
forming them that there is an cab
ner's Market" in her town which
carries on business in a manner
strongly reminiscent OF some of
"Lum and Abner'S" merchandising
methods in pine Ridge.
For instance" writes the fan,
when my new daughter-in-law
protested that his chickens were a
nickel higher per pound than those
of competitor, the butcher said:
He first removes the feet from the
chickens before he weighs them,
but when I sell you a chicken you
get the whole fowll'"