The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29

and Berle is soon to star in
 Broadway musical comedy.
 Iof NBC's MT. and Mrs. North. He recently had photos taken dressed ms a beardless Santa Claus, and the hoicture, with an appropriate in IEcription, will soon be in the mail ito his fans and friends.
 The organ broke down - and Bright Horizon" over CBS came close to not having musical intro tductions this week. Dick Kollmar, Heading man in the serial, even roll le ed LID his sleeves and tried to help lrepair the instrument. Finally, two minutes before air time, another or gan was installed in its place, just ! in time to play the theme sigma ture.
 Bob Burns will get 8 new and mighty interesting set of corre- spondents through an unusual stunt in which he participated during his recent Chicago trip. Bob, while there, christened new Douglas bomber the Bob Burns. Bob wrote letter which he deposited in the cockpit of the plane, inviting it's new crew, when it is formed overseas to tell him how the ship performs Bob took his air show to Chicago for Q broadcast November 23) in connection with the Sixth War Loan Drive.
 Two recording companies (Decca and Victor) are interested in sign ing Georgia Gibbs to contract. Georgia, singer with Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore on CBS Friday nights, will have the option of sell ecting her own musicians and ar- rangers.
 A national sponsor is dickering with Announcer Jim Doyle for a possible Monday 15-minute spot of humorous newscaSting. Doyle hasn't ! signed yet-he isn't sure there is that much humorous news.
 Bud Abbott was telling Lou Cos tello at radio rehearsal last Thurs day that he doesn't believe in bet ting secretly on horses, because they carry tales!"
 LaryngitiS isn't much bother to girl who has braved the rigors of hattlefronts. That's why Dinah Shore, despite severe throat ail- ment and against orders from her doctor, did her program over NBC last Thursday night. Her medico was in attendance between songs. Another dramatic highlight was Di- nah's singing of God of Battles" the song by General Patton-she rromised him, when they met over- seas, that she would broadcast his war hymn.
 ! Cass Daley, hilarious comedienne q the Frank Morgan series, is t2eASd to debut the song, You can't Cow Cow Girl by Throwing &..a Bull''- written by her husband, Frank KinseIla-on the Morgan show within the next couple of weeks.
 I Ish Kabibble, bang haired com- edian of Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge" says he'd rather have WAVES in his eyes than WACs in his ears, or WAISTS in his hairl
 Twenty-four hours before she makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusti- cana" Regina Resnik, young dra- matic soprano, will be interviewed by Adrienne Ames, on Station WHN, Friday. Dec. 8, at 7:30 p. m.
 I'd Wynn, star of the WATR-Blue '.aappy Island" program, and for ward looking comedian, is putting his own thoughts on television into print Concerned about what video may mean to comic routines already established over the mike, the vet < eran comic is titling his article Radio in an Ocular Vein."
 Deprived of a vacation for the past two years because of radio and mo- I ton picture work, Cass Daley will take rest in short takes" dur ing the next two months, vacation 4 ing two days each week between ! rehearsals and airings of her Thurs day appearances with Frank Mor- gan She winds up her work on the film 'Duffy's Tavern" this week.
 Ed Begley, the "Mr. Breenbracker m Alan YOung's comedy show, speaks
 undly of his son Tom, who is nov in the South Pacific, a private 1 n the Engineers AnphihiOus Forces
 au old World War Navy man. ]