Pepperpot

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 32, 20 January 1939, Page 10

Pepperpot

RIZES of one shilling each will be awarded for the best announcers’ slips heard by listeners. but entrants. must be fair to announcers by leaving words in their right context. Address letters to "Pepperpot," c/o "Radio Record," Box 1680, \e=Jington. Payments are made at the end of each month. NNOUNCER 1ZB, 10.48 am. January 3: "... these three can only mean one thing-happiness to Jerry, who was born an orphan.’’ . AUDIBLE DRINKING. AUnt DAISY, January 6, 8.47 " aa: "I know you are sitting down now listening to me having your cup: of tea." NEW GAME. MISS M. BEVERLEY, describing tennis, 3YA, 4.55, January 5: "Miss Hardcastle is a very powerful player. She uses her head on the court." NEW STYLE. GORDON HUTTER, 1YA on relay from races, about 3.30 p.m., January 2: "The only mishap was an injury to Brady, who rode Kilberis’s elbow." EFFECTIVE. ANNOUNCER, 2ZB, 10.30 am, January 3: "It’s sudden death to housewives and other pests." MIXED. T jADY GAY, 22ZB, 58 pm, January 6: "Would someone like a small cat?" Bryan: "It’s a half-caste Persian!" DRASTIC CLEANING. GRAN, 1ZB, 2.45 p.m., January 5: "You try the -- cleanser. Don’t you wear yourself out--let ‘--- do it for you." THE MARKETS. ANNOUNCER, 8AR, 8.438 a.m. Friday, January 6, giving market reports: "... prices are firm and so are the tomatoes." WHAT’S IN A NAME? NNOUNCER, 4ZB (Sunday re‘quest session): "And you want one by Rachmaninoff, so we’ll give him one; by Chopin." . "" " GHANGEABLE, RACING announcer, 3YA, approxioo» mately 1 p.m., Tuesday, January 8: "The easterly isn’t anything near as strong today; in fact, it’s more northerly. . . | . ANACHRONISM. ‘AUNT DAISY, 2ZB, January .7 _""".. (reading a letter): "Ready to ‘face another winter in the winterless: North." —