Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Now we resume our regularly...
Mentioning Info Please yesterday reminded Polistra that it's long past time to feature an episode.
This one from May 1941 doesn't have any special political or cultural significance.
It's just a wonderful combination of high-quality questions, high-quality badinage, and a bit of high-quality music from the studio pianist Mr Kahn and the studio soprano Miss Hastings, both of whom deserved better billing. The repartee was especially good because Oscar Levant was absent this week. Mr Levant had a remarkably wide range of knowledge which made him a valuable participant, but he usually popped in with a wrong guess when he didn't know something which clearly annoyed the host. When Mr Levant was gone (replaced this time by music critic Deems Taylor) things ran more smoothly.
Halfway through this episode, one unexpectedly perfect and risqué answer switched the audience on, and they stayed on for the rest of the show. ¶ 6:38 AM
Mentioning Info Please yesterday reminded Polistra that it's long past time to feature an episode.
This one from May 1941 doesn't have any special political or cultural significance.
It's just a wonderful combination of high-quality questions, high-quality badinage, and a bit of high-quality music from the studio pianist Mr Kahn and the studio soprano Miss Hastings, both of whom deserved better billing. The repartee was especially good because Oscar Levant was absent this week. Mr Levant had a remarkably wide range of knowledge which made him a valuable participant, but he usually popped in with a wrong guess when he didn't know something which clearly annoyed the host. When Mr Levant was gone (replaced this time by music critic Deems Taylor) things ran more smoothly.
Halfway through this episode, one unexpectedly perfect and risqué answer switched the audience on, and they stayed on for the rest of the show. ¶ 6:38 AM
