Julian Shellhammer
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Browsing through some threads, I found your idea for a radio broadcast. Your pitch sounds top-notch - did it ever come to pass?Will do. We're thinking of putting on our own Xmas radio show next year in conjunction with the local community-FM station, assuming I can get around to writing one before then. It would be a variety show aired live from our stage, with all of us pitching in in the cast, including a satirical news segment featuring my old character "Camomile Boozhwah of NPR's All Things Rescinded," along with an amateur talent feature and a festive holiday sketch featuring the whole cast, with music by an excellent local band. That's assuming we all survive until next year.
As for what I'm listening to, a 1936 edition of "Don McNeill's Coca-Cola Refreshment Club" has just ended. This was a syndicated version of McNeill's NBC Breakfast Club featuring the same cast and the same extravagantly corny humor, mixed in with some pretty good songs, especially by 22-year-old swing contralto Helen Jane Behlke, who unfortunately went on to give up show business and become a Girl From Marketing. If only someone had been there to show her the right path.