The Return of William
UST WILLIAM, fresh from its triumphant tour of 2ZB, as the publicity men would say, is now enjoying a triumphant return season from 2YC, which is nice for everybody. The scriptwriters have done a good job of transplanting William to radio, and have managed to leave the boyish bloom (compound of naiveté, grubbiness, and erithusiasm) still upon him, so that even those brought up on William cannot accuse radio of having cleaned him or fined him down. An attempt has been made to | modernise William by making him unhappily familiar with rations and tin hats, but the inner boy remains intact. In this week’s instalment (the episode of Miss Milne’s haunted pond) I noticed another endearing fact about the feature -hectoring Hubert, leader of the rival gang, sounds to be none other than the rude boy of St. Michael’s, lifted straight, club-like repartee and all, from the now extinct Will Hay Show. .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 449, 30 January 1948, Page 8
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156The Return of William New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 449, 30 January 1948, Page 8
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