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...punch rather than finesse-particularly ex-Hoofer Bob Hope, who has been going great guns before soldier audiences. Last week Hope put on his tenth straight broadcast from a training camp (location censored). Benny has found that incalculable whoops and whistles upset his expertly worried lines. No ad-libber, he has to stick to his painfully prepared script, feels that a lot of mugging thrown in for a visual audience is a sin against his radio listeners...
Uninhibited Bob Hope adores his soldier audience. Monologist and avid ad-libber, he can and does depart from his prepared script at the drop of a hat. His camp followers drop their hats so willingly that they have to be cautioned beforehand to hold down the uproar. It could spoil the timing of jokes like this, which warm a soldier's heart...
...haphazard operation is Quiz the Scientist. The five or six questions discussed on the program are selected well in advance, and board members often write out their answers to make sure they won't fall into high-toned scientific lingo that would baffle the average listener. Inveterate ad libber is impish Dr. Wood, who likes to preface thoughtful discussions of taste with such of his verses as: "Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and skunks are-phew...