Tiger Tim Goes to Town
AM wondering just what there is about a tiger cub. I ask myself whether the fat stock prices or the weather report would have added listener-appeal if there were a tiger-cub in the studio. The answer, I think, is a modified No. The intrinsic entertainment value would not be increased, but there would be more attentive listening in the hope of an entertaining interruption. I conclude therefore, that, lacking television, a tiger-cub per studio is not justified. However, I would be prepared to
admit that there are occasions when a tiger-cub in the studio ‘adds a great deal to the radio programme, and I would quote 2ZB’s newly inaugurated Zoo Programme as supporting this view. It was a good programme in its own right (Curator Cutler speaks as to the microphone born, and enough of Los Angeles lingers in his voice to give it a homely ring to children reared on The Lone Ranger), but the consciousness of Tiger Tim sitting there "as good as gold" and the announcer’s nose-by-nose description of the eager little faces pressed against the glass separating foyer from studio gave to the sessions a je-ne-sais-quoi, an almost epic quality which will make radio history.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 392, 27 December 1946, Page 12
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204Tiger Tim Goes to Town New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 392, 27 December 1946, Page 12
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