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Oldtime Swing King Benny Goodman, playing a one-night stand with his band at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, was honored to receive one delighted Goodman fan backstage after the performance. "I was particularly thrilled when you played I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas," said U.S. Ambassador to France Arthur Watson. Whereupon the ambassador gave out with a vocal...
...ding dong daddy from Dumas
...ding dong papa from Harlem
...other characters in Dent's stories are understandably something of a letdown. The Fabulous Five, Doc's "companions in adventure and excitement," are said to be "the five greatest brains ever assembled in one group," but they talk ("Holy Cow! That's plumb ding-y!") like the Beaver Patrol on an overnight hike. Dent's villains are far zingier. They have names like Ull, Ark, Var, Zoro, Rama Tura, "The Sinister Count Ramadanoff" and "The Horrible Humpback"-whose hump, by the way, is packed with nefarious electronic gear. One of his nastiest creations is an Eskimo...
...reports from trained scientific observers whose anonymity he promises to preserve (to spare them ridicule from their colleagues). Hynek insists that UFO sightings are often made by reputable observers, including scientists and technicians. Says he: "It is a gross but popular misconception that UFO reports spring from 'ding-a-lings.' " Nonetheless, he admits that there is at least one established scientist who has not yet seen-or reported-his first flying saucer: J. Allen Hynek...