Show o o 1 r z Freedom The Wireless March of Times Time's dramatization of the four fliers who bomb bombed d a Jap airport with borrowed borrowed borrowed bor rowed bombs a stolen transport and anda a bottle of scotch was three times as exciting as it appeared here Deft scripting gentlemen paced swiftly and loaded with zing Arthur Hughes' Hughes trouping in Just Plain Bill via NBC is one reason that program starts its year this week Add Puzzles Why I Helen Hayes hasn't a sponsor Each time the star guests for someone someone- she perfumes your receiving set with her rare talent Kay Kyser's KyI Kyser's Ky- Ky I sers ser's gripe is echoed here too j Why such snappy slogans as Slap the Jap Then theres there's the headline writers who call them Nips J JOne One of the local drama critics referred referred referred re re- re- re to a certain ham as a bum actor The critic received a sharp note note fr from m the victim demanding an apology The critic replied Iam ram I r Iam am pleased to e explain Plain and apologize for for our proofreader Believing I had omitted the word actor he in inserted inserted inserted in- in it A grevious error which I assure you wont won't happen again There have been some complaints about the number of de burlesk burlesk burlesk bur- bur lesk shows playing around Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way but John Mason Brown doesn't think it is a matter for calling in the police Dullness in the theater he quipped is the perfect censor The rummy gin-rummy craze has reached all the way down to the Bowery where two bums found a deck of cards in the gutter They started playing gin for 1 a point point imaginary nary dough of course After an hour the bum who owed imaginary imaginary imaginary imag imag- inary dollars said he was quitting Oh come on lets let's play some more he was coaxed No was the stiff retort as far as I want to go Notes o of f an Innocent Bystander They r ire are telling the silly about the tough hombre who went into a saloon in Wyoming with a mountain moun- moun f tain tarn lion on a leash After the stranger drank some whisky he het t crushed the glass into dust and demanded del det de- de l t a bigger one I Suddenly a rattlesnake started to crawl out of the fellows fellow's vest and he pushed it back saying Dont you your r come out of there until I send for you you hear t Where you from asked the bartender Alaska where they're too tough was the reply They ran me and two other swishes there last week j l a a a aA I A reader forwards the late Arthur Brisbane's thesis How to Be a Better Reporter In it is this counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel Learn to edit your copy Strike Strikeout Strikeout Strikeout out most of your adjectives remembering remembering bering the Frenchmans Frenchman's remark The adjective is the enemy of the noun Strike out very always Very very good Quentin Reynolds says some American troops in England go to extremes to impress the girls One lass urged Reynolds to give her a good report with one soldiers soldier's fa faI fa- fa I ther there Tell him Im I'm a nice girl L please she asked He leHe owns the biggest orange groves in America In UIn what city asked Reynolds Utica was the reply C E I Sad is the life of a gal who has hast wed wedA wedA wedA t A guy with desire to write in inh h his head or or or The gal has to hear the stuff the guys guy's written She is the dog that first samples his stuff stuff stuff- The life lile that she leads is what I call tough F. F F. F B. B MANNS MANN'S WIFE i The Magic Lanterns There isn't much among the film entries Panama Panama Panama Pan ama Hattie is the best of the newcomers newcomers newcomers new new- comers but inferior to the st stage ge ver ver- sion The film is refined minus the blue tinge Ann Sothern and andRed andRed andRed Red Skelton caper through the quips and melodies some of Cole Porters Porter's score lingering Manila Calling Calling Call Call- ing another war fable is full of ack-ack ack and bombs Its It's hard to tell a story with so much noise going going go go- ing on so they do not worry much I about the yarn Lloyd Nolan heads the fighters and Carole Landis drops 0 in to give the battle some oomph I Counter Espionage is more war r i Typewriter Ribbons Anon You Youcan Your r I can never get ahead of anyone as long as you are trying to get even with him This Week Diplomacy Diplo Diplo- macy the macy-the the art of letting someone else have your way T. T Riggs She was oblivious to the attention she created as she walked down the stares Celia Cole As relaxed as twilight D D. D T. T Lutes The sky was so blue you wished you could wear it Martin Lorrin You never waste time time wastes you Ernest Her face was smudged with fatigue r c t r P I |