Word: simpleton
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that had been told by the MacMillans for generations. Some of the stories took hours to tell (like the one about Warrior Fionn's wonderful swordsmith, who had four hands and could turn out two swords at a time). Other stories took only a few minutes (like the simpleton who outwitted the lawyer). Angus learned them all by heart, and never changed a word...
...silliness on the air. Before the show was over, the studio switchboard was jammed with calls from entranced listeners, and Stoopnagle & Budd were a top team in radio for the next eight years. In 1938 the partners went their separate ways,* and the vogue for Stoop's simpleton style of comedy vanished...
...simple fooleries of The Bartered Bride, set to simple, polka-dotted tunes, showed off some notable young talent: Basso Luke Matz (music supervisor in the Unionville, Pa. public school), as a jovial village marriage broker; Soprano Frances Greer (Philadelphia church singer), as the unwilling betrothed of the village simpleton (Tenor John Toms, voice teacher); Tenor Edward Nyborg (Philadelphia tailor's helper), as the boy who finally gets the girl...