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IJNCOIA KSti MilU II 2 Eddie Beloin (left) and Bill Morrow (right), ace script writers of Jack Benny's program go over the first outline of the script with Boss Benny. Authors for the past seven years of NBC's top ranking comedy program, the team have launched the career of Sheriff Benny, Andy Devine, Rochester, Phil Harris, introduced Jack to his Maxwell, fiddle and "The Andy Gives Income Tax Tips BUT AMOS WISELY USES RECOMMENDED SHORT FORM Clear Cliaimels By HUBERT OGDEN Ever wonier what gives youi favorite announcer that voice ol authority which sends you scur-1 rying to the nearest shop to buy the wares he sells? More often than not, that voice of authority arises from a dramatic background. For many of ace announcers used to be actors. In fact, some of them still are. D.

A. Take Dwight Weist, who plugs the products on America He once played the part of a district attorney and drifted into announcing sponsors liked hi.s sure-fire delivery. So now he divides his time between acting and announcing. Ken Roberts, who announces started in radio as an actor fifteen years ago. Today, he divides his time between selling and being sold.

That is he sells coal on one program and is sold a.s an actor on another, where he is the boyfriend of secretary. Herein The Story Of How Being Funny ISNT FUNNY Journal Star Radio Programs KFOR Columbia Mutual and 1240 Kiiocyclos KOIL Columbia and Mutual 1290 Kilocycloi KFAB Columbia Basic 780 Kilocyclss WOW NBC RED Notwork S90 Kilocyclos SUNDAY MORNING Ask any radio gag crazy to be in the business. Being funny very funny is usually serious, nerve-W'racking labor, and a gag writer's work shop is a combination wrestling mat and torture chamber. Dead lines stare top comedy in face, and they seldom smile back. Being funny on a schedule, W'eek by week, is hard, grist-mill effort, and the big time comedy W'riters prove it.

Ask Bill Morrow and Eddie Beloin how they w'rite a Jack Benny show. Ask Don Quinn how he make.s Fibber McGee and Molly uproarious on NBC every Tuesday night. Ask Joe Bigelow about the Charlie McCarthy funny business. Ask Carroll Carroll about Bing smoothie banter. The answers are all the same.

It Helps. have to be crazy, but it busine.ss really Morrow Beloin affirm, when every Sunday night should be a For these top-ranking gag men, writing the Jack Benny script is a never ending, nerve-fraying, hard-at-work job. Immediately after the Sunday broadcast they begin all over again, being funny for the week to come. The new program must start with an idea, a central theme to support the incidental gags in the show. where the thinking comes in, hours of it, while boys toy with ideas, tear them down, to.is them out, and try again.

Often comes the dawn, with each dawn closer to program time, and no idea with it. Support Show. The idea must be big enough to support the entire show, as it must serve as an elastic background for everything else funny. It can be a party at house, or a scene with Rochester and the famous Benny Maxwell. Whatever it is, got to be good, punch proof, and thought through all the way.

where the jitters begin. Once an idea arrives, the schedule becomes more exacting. A meeting wdth Jack helps to the idea and two or three days typewriters, gag files, and joke lists develop it. Frequent conferences with Benny and the cast during the week put finishing touches on the smoothness and flow of the dialogue. In late at night hectic sessions tmall phrases and pauses are tested and re-tested, until at least three lines are discarded for every one retained.

What remains is a half hour show, a collection of incidental gags built around the all-important situation, a combination of setting and incident that only cold labored hours produced. Script Ready. By Saturday the script is ready for mimeographing, and after preliminary rehearsals, more cutting or 'A CRAZY BUSINESS' 8:00 8 15 8.30 8:45 News of World Orgnn Loft United Churches United Churches brings it to precise air time. Finally, after a full Sunday of dress rehearsal, the program is aired on the NBC Red Network, and the work bcgfns again. The pattern for other topnotch comedy men is much the Don Quinn, a former cartoonist and Fibber McGee and Molly writer for six years, begins immediately after the Tuesday night show, searching for the elusive central idea for the week to follow.

Simple Theory. theory for comedy writing is simple. Every laugh line on the show must grow directly out of the characters and situations at 79 Wistful Vista, the locale of all the McGee's doings. Fibber must be funny as Fibber, and not because of a joke. Carroll Carroll one time New York newsman and magazine writer, uses a similar technique in writing scripts for Bing Crosby and his guests on the Music Hall.

study of Bing is a science, and even compiled a dictionary of unusual phraseology. Thus, when Carroll writes the smooth flowing Crosby lingo, own language using. Guests, too, get the Carroll treatment. When Bing invites an artist to appear on the program, Carroll lunches with them well in advance of the broadcast, listens to their speech habits, studying their personality and background. never really talk about the Carroll laughs, I to learn a lot about Bing's Guests.

During the week he works this information into the guest spots on the Then, on Thursday, guests really sound like themselves. Writers on the Edgar Bergen hour form a small army of talent, with Joe Bigelow leading the fray. The gang meets for the first time on Saturday, sitting in a conference room in Hollywood Radio City, talking over ideas for the program a week hence. Although the famous Charlie McCarthy attend these hectic sessions, the center of attraction, and hours are spent perfecting the lines. These meetings continue throughout the week, with Bergen and Bigelow using the phones, and a stenotypist recording all the comments and ideas around the table.

After each session, Bigelow goes over the notes, sometimes re-writing far into the night, until at last the script is ready for rehearsal. Bigelow admits hard work. every chuckle oo the he relates, plenty of agony Involved. Weird hours, hard work, coffee, aspirin, long, drawn out meetings, all adds up to being funny for a he smiles, I guess it helps, but I love 9:00 9:15 9.30 9 45 Funny Paper FVnny Paper Southland icno 10 00 10 15 10:30 10:45 You Like It You Like It Mutual Chapel Mutual Chapel 11:00 I Ray Herbeck 11:15 Letters to Son 11:30 I Salt Lake Choir New, of World Singing Church Love's Gypsy Caravan Bible Prog. Bible Class Prog.

Church Of Air Church Of Air Jackson Wheeler American Star Rev. American Star Rev. American Star Rev. Syncopation Pit ce Syncopation Pirca S.nlt Lake Choir 11:30 I Salt Lake Choir isalt Lake Choir Morning Roundup Morning Roundup Morning Roundup Church of Air Church of Air Wings Over Jordan Wings Over Jordan Jackson Wheeler Happened This Wc. Invitation to Learn Invitation to Learn First Plymouth First Plymouth First Plymouth First Plymouth News Deep River Chapel Service Chapel Service Chapel Service Chapel Service Thrilling Musical Rap.sody, Music and Youth Music and Youth Bert Park.a, one of the youngest announcers in radio, sells for Bob Hawk's sponsor on I but once in a while he delivers his commercial spiel in This loo difficult for Bert, becau.se originally he sang in a musical show.

been an actor too, at various stages in his career. Rich Don Hancock, announcer on "Myrt and "Are You A Missing started his radio career as an actor in Cincinnati He played everything from menace to juvenile. With such rich experience he quickly stepped into commercial announcing. Bill Goodwin, announcer on got into radio as an announcer but now taking up acting as a sideline. His first job as an actor was on a recent program where he played opposite Joan Bennett The story of the most spectacular wild life conservation program in history, which saved the American bison, or buffalo, is told on New at the Sunday, March 8.

Bison Society Martin S. GarreCson, secretary of the American Bison Society, and one of its founders, is guest of John Reed King to add a firsthand description to a dramatized story by Sylvia Berger, In the it was possible to travel a journey by horse over the western plains and see herds amounting to hundreds of thousands of buffalo. Forty years Down South Down South Emma Otfrw Emmw OWrw SUNDAY AFTERNOON 13 00 12 15 12.30 13 45 I ool 1.15 I 1:30 1 45 3 00 I 3 15 3:30 3:45 Modern Design Modern Design Mus. Interlude New at the Zoo Nr wg George Fisher CBS Workshop Mus. Interlude Americas Speak I To be ann.

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Hollywood column. bt who If iMOfd OB WOW on Wod- moaday oronUtfo et GINNY SIMMS who haa hor own liro minuto poriod of on CBS- UAB and p. m. Friday. FBAZIEB HUNT who I tho cosier hoard on Columbia aefwork Tuesday.

Thuraday and Saturday over KFAB and KOIL at 9.45. ffual 2tos traveled oxtonairoly tho stronfe jsloces figurfag te news. "lUNlOB MISS, aw SHIBLEY TEMPLE became knowa (o ber couafless iana laat Wednesday oroninq whon aho mode her debut on ber first term radio series. Shirhy playa tho rolo of Judy Graroa, youngster just In her ieeas and who is too old to play with dolls and too young for dotes and Hngornail pollah. A mixture oi eomody and pathoa la tho growing up process through which she is put by her croator aa Uatonora wdj loarn Wodaoadaya at aa, ICBS KFAB and MOIL) VEBA LANE.

lotmorly of Lincoln, la a green-eyed, blonde favorite of Columbia network's western Uatonora. Hoard with Caoaar Potrlllo'a orchestra on Wodaoadaya and Friday a. BUTH GILBEBT la tho boat Irlond ef Bess Johnson, wbo haa tho litio role in an NBC weekday aorial. later, a single herd of less than 2.000 existed in tho whole United States. The American Bison So- i cicty wa.s formed in 1905 to pre- serve the animals.

Girl Miuiiclani With approximately 38,000 dance musicians drafted or sched- i uled to be inducted shortly, the pos.sibility that girl musicians 1 may get the grcatc-t break of their lives, i.s the subject of much discus.sion in the jazz world. Three members of the heart.s of Rhythm, outstanding all-girl bund, have already turned down offers to join some of the best-known male group.s, preferring to re- i main with the Sweethearts. Other girl tootcps, though, may be lured into the male-strom before long, Rs: Elmer Davit Edward R. Murrow', chief of European war news correspondents, is heard on the Davis and the program over CBS for two w'ccks beginning Sunday, March 8, while Davis is on vacation. (CBS, daily except Saturdays, 7:55 to 8 p.

John Daly continues as reporter on Saturday nights at the same time. (KFAB-KOIL.) Raymond CJram Swing, news commentator, is going to get a vacation, too. He postponed his in December. Now, however, he believes he can lay off and relax for three weeks beginning April 6. John Gunther, writer, will substitute.

"Downbeat" Fibber McGee is now a member of Billy Order of the fun club formed recently by Billy and the members of his radio orchestras. They decided that since Fibber talked beat the he deserved at least an honorary membership and gave him the title of Musical Ginny Simms, former Kay Kyser vocalist, probably be the first feminine member of the Mystic Order of Downbeat. Ginny was suggested for membership this week because she has absolute pitch! Love Noise Niles Welch, announcer and narrator for the last three years on School of the Air of the has noticed that in the various broadcasts emanating from New York high schools, the girls always question him later about how to become a radio actress while the boys want to know the answers to technical questions. Niles adds, however, that both groups are also interested in sound effects. Cecil Brown Cecil Brown, CBS news reporter in the Far East, was awarded the Overseas Press 1941 prize for outstanding radio reporting, at a dinner meeting in the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York on Thursday, February 26.

The was in recognition of eyewitness reports over Columbia network of the situation in the Far East, and especially the job he did in reporting the sinking of the British warship.s Prince of Wales and Repulse by the Japanese in the South China Sea last December. Wiie Accepts wife, Mrs. Martha Brown, accepted the portable typewriter with a silver plaque on behalf of her husband, and Brown in a short recorded talk added his thanks. He is now reporting regularly to Columbia listeners Melbourne, Australia. Judd Woods President Nebraska Broadcasters OMAHA Woods of radio station KFAB, Lincoln, was elected president of the Nebraska Broadcasters association here this week.

Other officers are L. L. Hilliard, KGKY, Scottsbluff, vice president; Art Thomas, WJAG, Norfolk, secretary- treasurer; Vernon H. Smith, KOWH, Omaha, and W. I.

LeBarron, KGNF, North Platte, directors. John J. Gillin, WOW, Omaha, was made representative to the National Association of Broadcasters. Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland Co-star In Monday Radio Theatre's "The Lady Eve" Are you looking for help in filling out your income tax return? 'n plan to give that common problem quite bit of attention between now and March 15, on their CBS program, so if the question of allowable deductions is bothering you. it might be worth your while to tune in and hear what the boys have to on the subject.

Andy, as usual, is the more voluble of the two (KFAB-KOH 6:00 p. a simple matter of he savs. takes den deducks. Cose, else deducks de Ian 1 d. de grocer, de butcher.

De on thing is. de Collet tor of Eternal Revenue, he say dcm Man, I wish he show cm how to slop 'em! De Surtax de surtax. Man, outward Maisie, how- now dat "'horn Charlie will meet only have to pay de tax who's certain to get got to call it Rood and sore if the dummy trie.s Andy started out with a hand- customary palavering ful of pencils, a stack of paper romancing at the and an air of determination. Now. weeks later, tho.se pencils Abbott and Lou Costello, are w'orn down to stubs, the paper pile has been depleted, and his hilarious comedy rout- mental outlook on the whole likt'Iy to be called upon thmg might conservativelv be Charlie described as utter demoralisation.

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Program Ma.vor Richard O. Johnson of Lincoln will speak on Tuesday, March 10, at 4:15 p. over KFOR, spon- by the St. Leger Cowley Chapter of the D. A.

R. SPOTLIGHT FEATURES There is one ray of though. got de final an.swer Andy but de of Eternal Revenue say he like de way about it. At he say he to u.se me some of egg-zample I think he say a horrible egg-zample. What dat word mean, anyhow? Dat like Aint Right The question of percentages is worrying Andy a bit at the moment, but a problem lick before long.

law gay I got to pay puhcent of my income to be ment. Now, as I it, to figger puhcentage, you takes de square root you multiplies it by de quotient, den you subtracts de tangent. De only trouble is, I 'member what you do aftah dat. I knows you stop dere, to my figgers, if I stops dere, I owes de guv'ment $9,864,887.38 I knows dat Amos, on the other hand, has solved his income tax problem simply. Acting mi Secretary Mor- kfab suggestion, he is using to and SUNDAY.

ON 8 30 a Lincoln Churches. 11.30 a.m.—Balt Lake City choir organ. 13 35 new at the too. "How the Bison Were 3 00 Americas Speak, honoring Colombia. 3 00 York Philharmonic Symphony orchestra.

Regmaid Stewart, pianist. Is guest soloist. Eugene conducts. 4 SO Shadow. ON 4:45 L.

Shlrer and the news. 6 00 Fashioned Revival. 7:55 p.m.—Edward R. Murrow and ths 10 30 and St. Louis hockey game.

1040-A. the short form, in filing his return. LADY EVE Barbara Stanwyck (above) and Ray Milland will co-star in Cecil B. Radio Theater adaptation of the gay film comedy, Lady Monday. March 9 at 8 p.

m. over CBS. (KFAB- KOIL). Chorliw McCarthy Master Charles McCarthy, the Bad Boy of the airwaves, anticipates no difficulty in getting Ann (Maisie) Sothern to see things his way when the petite blonde actress drops in on the program Sunday, March 8 at 7 p. m.

over the Red network of NBC, all of which proves the essentially limited knowledge of women, particularly of the Maisie type. (WOW). Maisie is not just another glamour gal with a yen for a date with the notorious McCarthy from it, in fact. Outwardly a tough customer, but at heart really a sentimentalist. RADIO REPAIRS Bre still available for a complete overhaul of your radio.

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Philharmonic Symphony 3 30 p.m.—Pause That on the Air. The Oolden Gate Qusrtet, Negro vocal ensemble, makes a guest apperance. 8.00 p.m.—Star Theater with Fred Allen. ON 1:30 p.m.—University of Chicago Round Table. 3:15 V.

Kaltenborn. 4:00 p.m.—Mettopolltan Auditions on the Air. 7.00 McCarthy with Ann Sothern as gue.vt. 9:00 p.m.—Hour of Charm with all- girl orchestra. MONDAY.

ON 3:30 p.m.—School of the Air ef Americas with the story of clothing workers. 3:15 p.m.—Spotlight on Asia. Krlshnalal Shridharant speaks on "India and the Pacific War. 6:15 p.m.—Hollywood College with Dean 8 30 p.m.—Spotlight Bands with Kay Kf- ser from Los Angeles. 8 45 p.m.—President Roosevelt.

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