She: He can hold his cheek close to mine.
He: And I do.
She: Hold me tight, Steal a kiss any time.
He: Wouldn’t you?
She: In fact, I’m his most willing slave, The Man with the Marlin Shave!
He: I don’t know what she sees in me.
She: You’re a smoothie.
He: Guess I’m just as lucky as I can be.
She: You’re for me.
Both: He makes all the ladies rave woo! woo! The Man with the Marlin Shave!
For six months ex-NBC war correspondent Don Hollenbeck followed this singing commercial, with his daily (7 a.m.), unsponsored newscast over ABC’s station WJZ. Last week Hollenbeck cracked. In a voice dripping with disgust he said: “The atrocity you have just heard is no part of this show.” Then he gave his regular newscast. ABC promptly fired and forgot him. But in many a listener’s Book of Gold, Don Hollenbeck’s name led all the rest.
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