Evening star., 1948-12-12

"A oOVl6G CrOOlST SdllS I'd tIle tAuG
"Blue-tailed Fly" as follows:
Before the dawn of the red star
I starved and suffered meath the
Gar.
This time the chorus sang from
"The Volga Boatman":
Ay-ee ookh-nyem!
CrOoner Choked.
The crooner vas choked.
The theme song for the stations
news broadcast was sung to "The
Banana Song" as follows:
Buy Pravda on Wednesday and you
will see
How Comrade Wallace beat the
COP.
The news cast, interrupted by the
noise ss planes. concluded with the
statement: I'm a private audience
for j. Howard McGrath, Generals
simo Stain said, 7 just love old
Harry"
The roar of airplanes drowned out
the radio station and four aviators
enter in the uniforms Of the Royal
Air Force, the Army Air Force, the
Navy" Air Force and the United
States Army. These closed the act
with the Air Force song:
Of we 60 into the wild blue yonder
Flying high into Berlin -
In echelon we carry on
Nothing'll stop the Allied air lift.
Republicans Satirized.
Republicans were satirized in
scene laid in Albany in 1648. Char
acters appeared in Dutch colonial
dress and as Indians The stage
represented the frontier stockade of
"Old Fort Tomato" where the club
examined "the future of the Repub-
lican Party's past
DR.. George Gallup was summoned
to explain what happened in the
election. The orchestra struck up
Sweet Mystery of Life" and the
pollster sang:
All. sweet mystery Of life, we have
not found thee.
All, we do not know the secret of
1t all.
All the canvasses, projections and
percentage
The ouija board, the magic wand
and crystal ball.
An incident of the campaign was
recalled as an engineer sang to the
tune, Rambling Wreck From Geor-
gia Tech:
Oh come you wise Republicans and
listen to all my strain,
And never trust yourselves again
aboard Vict'ry train
I'm a rambling wreck, but what the
heck,
I'm a lunatic engineer!
Dewey Strategist Sings.
Herbert Brownell, Dewey cam
paign manager, called upon Edward
Jackie. another Dewey strategist,
to tell what happened and got his
reply in song to the tune, The Sep
tember Song:
Oh. it's long, long while
For me to remember,
But the votes fell short
When we reached November.
A character announcing himself
as Rip Van Hoover entered to sing
to the tune, Blue Moon:
Blue Moon, once more I'm stand
ing here free,
Without dream in my heart,
Nobody in step-but me!
Gov. Earl Warren of California
was introduced to sing to the strains
Of San Francisco:
Sacramento, open that State
house gate,
Don't make your old friend wait
Outside your door.
Sacramento, here is your wan
dering one
Saying, It'll wander no more"
Gov. Dewey was called upon to-
explain why his campaign went
fiat and chose the tune, I'll Sing
the Songs of Araby."
Looks to Tomorrow.
44lC SA1G SIOSCo Will SOilS 1IOIli
a character. who introduced him
self as "the Chinaman. the Repub-
licans should have nominated" To
the air, There's a Great Day Com
ing, Manana," he sang:
No more Hoover and Dewey to-
morrow
There'll be high times, pie in the
sky-times,
So come you mourners and pick
your plums:
There's a great day coming tomor-
row,
II tomorrow ever comes!
Following this skit, Cove Dewey
delivered his speech, in which he
followed the Gridiron cue and poked
fun at himself and paid a warm
tribute to his successful rival.
The Democrats had the heat of
humor turned under them in a skit
laid in Iowa, where Vice President
elect Barkley, billed as "Jeeter," was.