Philippic
Bes i -SPEDDING’S recent Listener article on American radio comedians was not enthusiastic. It might have been even less enthusias ic if he had decided te include Australasian products, for whether the fault lies in ourselves or in our stars the fact remains that our tadio humour is not what it used to be. A recent session of the Jack Davey Cavalcade from 2ZB might have been better if he had included~streamlinings of the seven basic jokes, or even one of the seven basic jokes, whiskers and all (after all, their longevity is proof of their vi ality), but instead it was merely a dreary conglomeration of improbable puns, (Example: "I’m a pilot in a soap factory-they give me the soap and I pile it.") However, there is some excuse for a radio show which must take the air week after week with some’hing new or at any rate suitably disguised. Script-writers have no bottomlJess well of wit to draw from. There is less excuse for the low standard of such sessions es 2YA’s Here’s a Laugh: a Quarter of an Hour with World Famous Comedians, which relies on recorded material. If the session cannot be changed for the better it’s high time
the title was amended to, say, No Man’s Wit, since the comedians represented are seldom funny and usually (sensibly enough) anonymous.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 402, 7 March 1947, Page 22
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