Word: golenpaul
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promoter, Golenpaul's antecedents are obscure. He says they are "nobody's business." Whatever they are, he was an in-&-outer around Manhattan radio stations until the Information Please idea struck him. That happened one night in 1938 when he heard radio's Professor Quiz and reflected that the experts, not the audience, should be put on the spot...
...Golenpaul's eye first fastened on Clifton Fadiman. They met on the bus. "I liked his voice," Golenpaul recalls. "He had culture, standing as a critic, was quick on his feet, and the show needed a little sadism anyway...
After Fadiman came F. P. A. (The late Alexander Woollcott scorned the proposition only to admit later on: "I thought it was a lousy idea. I was wrong.") Adams was adamant until Golenpaul asked...
...Merchant of Venice?" Said Adams, "Antonio." Said a gleeful Golenpaul: "I thought you'd say Shylock." Retorted a surprised Adams: "Is that what you want...
John Kieran was next. After his audition, someone observed: "There's a scholar with a Tenth Avenue accent." Said Kieran: "My God, I'd better clean up my enunciation." Golenpaul: "If you do, you're fired...