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Radio Record, 19 August 1938, Page 48

THEY may not know it, but the apart: ment house neighbours of Boo Hope, NBC funnyman, are guinea pigs for laugh experiments. Before using any material on his Rippling Rhythm Revue programme, Hope tests it out on his fellow-tenants, deleting any gags which fail to register. After getting the reaction of people like a doc: tor, architect, broker, bank vice-presi-dent and retired millionaire, Mr. Hope journeys down to the basement to give the janitor a look at the script, Then the comedian presents his by now somewhat battered script to hig severest critic,, the elevator operator. If there is still a gag or a situation that fails to bring gq laugh, it is cut from the dialogue,