[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 5 2004, 02:24 PM\'] "Radio wit" Goodman Ace (indirect creator of "The Trouble with Tracy," for the Canadians in the group) is standing in the hall at CBS. Todman's walking down the hall, his arms filled with prizes for radio "Winner Take All." A toaster falls off the top of the pile and shatters on the floor. Ace looks over at Todman and says, "Hey, Todman, drop your script?" [/quote]
Love it... Thanks!
And as the topic involves "elders", I'll return the favor with a quip from Gene Rayburn which has its roots going back over 70 years:
Soon after the RCA Building at 30 Rock was opened Gene and Dave Garroway were among the NBC pages. They shared a biting, sarcastic sense of humor, and as minimum wage employees were particularly resentful of General Sarnoff's son, not far from their own age, being named to lofty titles with lofty salaries and sporting a lofty attitude. Gene and Dave felt they had far more potential talent as broadcasters than that punk Robert Sarnoff.
They bastardized the title of the still very popular Hemingway novel in referring to young Sarnoff as the subject of the book "The SON also Rises". One day Robert heard them make the quip, spun around, and they all stared at each other for an uncomfortable long moment. Gene said he was sure he would be fired within hours!
Randy
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