An Amusing Incident
_-_-_--oo What's in a Name? Me. L. CURRY, announcer at 4¥YA, is at present on holiday. leave. Mr. D. W. Wrathall is acting in his stead. . Mr. Curry is the gentleman who earned some notoriety throughout Australia and further afield during the two-way conversations with New York. Mr. Hitt (2XAF, Schenectady): "What is your name?" Mr. Curry: "4YA, Dunedin, New Zealand." "No, we want the name of the announcer," "Curry," said Mr. Curry. "Beg pardon, we did not get that." "Ow y." "Sorry." "Curry! C-U-R-R-Y. Something hot. You eat it with rice. Curry!" Eventually the name got through, and 2XAF said: "We sure enjoyed your joke." The incident was picked up by numerous listeners, who thoroughly enjoyed overhearing the joke.
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 39, 11 April 1930, Page 7
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