The summer slumps were back. Radio's high-priced winter wonders were offor taking off. Some were headed overseas, like Bob Hope (on his fourth trip) and Jack Benny (on his third). Some, like Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby, were doing hospital turns at home. Otherslike Fibber McGee and Molly at their Southern California ranchwere back on the soil. In their places, for the most part, were programs whose budgets were only a third as big, and whose routines were not a third as good.
Although "summer replacements" should be radio's proving ground for aspiring rookies,...
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