Most Unforgettable Character
WO brief announcements of a 4ZB Mother’s Day Request Session brought over two thousand replies in a few days. The result was ludicrous. Two hours’ listening gave us seven recordings, the rest of the time being taken up. with "To Mum from Dad and Dave," or "All the best to Mother from Jack and Joan and wee Johnnie," repeated not once, but hundreds of times. After an hour, even the stout-hearted announcers quailed: "How many pages have you done?" asked one, and the reply was: "Four, but I’ve got twentyfive here. I hope we’ll make it." I gave up after another hour, three more recordings and several hundred more names. After all, I had heard Tauber singing "Mother Machree," Bobby Breen singing "Mother," "Silver Threads Among the Gold," and "This is My Mother’s Day." Blinking away a tear, I switched off my radio, wondering why mass-produced emotion, no doubt genuine enough in origin, should be so saccharine and humourless.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 621, 25 May 1951, Page 10
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163Most Unforgettable Character New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 621, 25 May 1951, Page 10
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