VERDICT – THUMBS UP
**T*HUMBS UP" was the unanimous vote of the audience of 1,400 present at the Civic Theatre in Christchurch on a recent Sunday evening to witness the stage show put on by an enthusiastic amateur body of entertainers from Timaru. " Thumbs Up" was also the opinion of 3ZB listeners who were entertained by one of the brightest Sunday shows with which the Station has yet been associated. The name of the show? " Thumbs. Up." Quite by accident, a programme of the show, which had just completed a season in Timaru, came into the hands of Harry Bell, 3ZB’s station director. Mr. Bell immediately saw in it an outstanding programme for a Sunday evening concert in Christchurch, and at the same time an excellent draw-card for the concert being organised by the Plunket Society. The idea being enthusiastically received by everyone, plans were immediately put under way, and special concessions were granted by the Railways Department to enable the hundred-odd performers to make the journey from Timaru. Seven special coaches were hooked on to the excursion train, and 3ZB who were on the air from the railway station when the party arrived about midday.
Everything went smoothly from _ the moment of arrival of the party in Christchurch till it left again for Timaru by train after the show. With full orchestra and stage effects, the "Thumbs Up" Revue will be remembered in Christchurch as an outstanding show, and probably few people realised that the complete organisation was the work of only a few days. = WHEN Father Papered the Parlour "tis entertainment of the "Before Radio’"’ period, but it finds its place in an up to the minute programme from 1ZB. This classic of Billy Williams and other ancient records are not to be heard every day from 1ZB, but "Before Radio" records are used in a special programme entitled "Turn Back the Pages " broadcast by Rod Talbot at ten o’clock each Tuesday night. It is a popular programme, even if some of the discs are a bit scratchy, and recorded in pre-electric times. What matters is that they bring back memories of favourite voices of other days. And who knows? In another twenty years Bing Crosby’s croonings may be in the same category.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 72, 8 November 1940, Page 40
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374VERDICT – THUMBS UP New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 72, 8 November 1940, Page 40
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