The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-21
WAVELETS
BY ED LEAMY

IN HOllyW00dS NBC SC0Qlo0 SAID:
ut goes like this. The Mad Rus
SIAN enters and then the phone
rings" At that precise moment,
the phone did ring and It was an
outside call for Bert Mad Russian"
Gordon.
The Case Of the Worried mother
Is the next baff1er in 1.-THE New
Adventures of Perry Mason" heard
weekdays at 2:45 p. M, E. w. T.,
over OBS. It bows in on Monday,
Jan. 81, but regular listeners to the
series will have an opportunity to
meet the distressed mater, q Mrs.
Denton, on Friday, Jan. IS, when
Della Street usherS her into the
lawyer detectives Office. Della is
played by Gertrude Warner and
Bartlett Robinson Is heard in the
title role.
II Amt Got Nobody Crazy Over
Me" Is q song Jimmy Durante wrote
some 20 years ago with his drummer,
Jack Roth. Georgia Gibbs, song
stress on the Durantee-M Moore CHS
comedy series Friday nights, has
heard the song and is anxious to
sing 1t on the one Of their forth
coming programs. Although two de-
cadeS old, It has the modern boogie-
woogie tempo and Jimmy claims it's
"natcheral" for Georgia.
Picture schedules permitting,
Broadway is dickering for Radio
Screen Coincidence CasS Daley to
appear In q forthcoming stage mu-
steal.
Felix Mills, maestro Of the Burns
and Allen program, was given
large set Of liquor glasses for
Christmas--but he's putting them
to unusual use. Mills discovered
they were just the right pitch for
use as a glass harmonica," an I'M
usual musical instrument made Of
drinking glasses partially filled
with waterl
Dunninger, the Master MentaliSt,
in one Of his numerous demonStra-
tons Of telepathic powers, once
read the thoughts Of young man
whose enthusiastic comment was,
''I'd love to have the folks see
this" The folks" were~the King
and Queen of England the subject,
their son, then Prince Of Wales!
That's me, I'm on my way" was
the recent parting last line on one
serial show delivered by Helen
Claire, who actually was due five
minutes later at CHS to play An
drea, in we Love and Learn
The Old Hickory Singers offer a
heart ballad, Little Shoes" the
sentimental story tn song of a
young man, who left home, leaving
his parents only pair Of baby
shoes to remember him by - as
their contribution to the Grand
Ole Opry", on Saturday, January
20, at 1890 p. m, EWT., over NBC.
Roy Acun and the Smoky Noun
tain Boys open the show with the
shout tune, Down In Union Coun.
IT," after which Acuff sings the
love song, II Walk Alone" Minnie
Pearl, whose hog-calling voice has
yet to summon her q husband, con.
tinues her comic quest, and ends
up singing Elm The Shadow OF
The Pines" Mack McGar's mando.
lin speciality Is dill Pickle Rag"
and Ford Rush follows It with
Alabama Barbecue" The Duke Of
Paducah (White Ford) devotes his
comedy monologue to the modern
drug store, explaining IT you can't
find 1t in the dictionary or encyclo-
pedia, try the drug store" Jimmy
Riddle goes military in his har-
monica solo, playing 'Bugle Call
Rag" and Little Rachel and Bash |
full Oswald sing and strum their
1lve-string banjo and steel guitar
to the tune Of Gonna Lay Down |
MY Old Guitar" Roy Acuff sings
Lights In the Valley and the
the old camp meeting favorite
program closes with the square
dance, Arkansas Traveller"
Roy Bargy, orchestra leader and
arranger on the Jimmy Durante-
Garry Moore programs. credits Paul |
Whiteman, for whom he worked as
pianist, as the best teacher of his |
career . Many a great tune Is |
heard for the first time in DR..
Frank Blacks office at NBC. He
usually tries out, on his office con-
cert grand piano, music manuscripts |
submitted to him by hopefuls who
want to hear their songs on his pro-
grams :. William Bendix, now one |
Of the hottest properties in Holly
wood with his picture work and new !
radio series. The Life of Riley" was
on relief seven years ago Bob |
Burns, the Arkansas Traveller"
says he doesn't have to Hnrrv about |