Pattern for Variety
| HAD suspended judgment on Radio Roadhouse (1YA) until it had a chance to develop, and until I became used to its pattern. It is pretty clear now what that pattern is; the reduction of the amount of music originally played, the sequence of patter and sketches, the introduction of the pageboy, the ‘crystal-ball news bulletin give it a shape rather like British radio shows. But it has now a personality of its own, with more than a hint of the University extravaganza in its combination of satire and topical jest. I especially enjoyed the "Italian" scene recently, although a sluggish Air Force. audience missed one of the best jokes ("Which twin has the Toni?") Barry Linehan has just a tendency to throw away some of his punch-lines; yet both he and Noeline Pritchard have clearly the versatility necessary to carry the weight of a weekly show on their shoulders. As it stands, Radio Roadhouse is the best locally-made programme of its kind I have yet heard. And it seems to me to be improving with each session.
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 802, 3 December 1954, Page 11
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182Pattern for Variety New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 802, 3 December 1954, Page 11
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