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OUGH I cannot claim to speak as a tired business man (there are fewer tired business men on Saturday nights since the introduction of the five-day week), I must say that I thoroughly approved of Jenny Howard’s all-too-short recital from 2YA on a recent Saturday. Miss Howard, in theatre parlance, gave us all she had, and the experience of
sitting with the feet up while Miss Howard worked her facial muscles to the bone to entertain us was as restful as having a ringside seat for a professional wrestling bout. Miss Howard was on the air for 15 minutes only, but her kinship with Miss Fields (also a working girl) is shown by the fact that in that time she sang five songs, including a nice parody of that star-hitched vehicle, "With a laugh, not a care, with a smile debonaire, I’m free, as the sea, etc.," and also managed to squeeze in a couple of jokes, and a few Lancashirisms. New Zealand listeners should feel at home with Miss Howard if only because her remorseless quick-tempo audience-wooing is exactly what they’re used to in their Morning Recipe Session.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 410, 2 May 1947, Page 8
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192Taken by Storm New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 410, 2 May 1947, Page 8
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