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...with Buttons and Bows, which was already a little stale before Bob Hope got a chance to be heard singing it in The Paleface, the precipitant fame of Mule Train was slightly embarrassing to Republic Pictures, which had bought it for a spot in a new movie, Singing Guns. With Mule Train record sales expected to pass the two-million mark, Republic could only hope that its song would not be worn out before Singing Guns (starring Vaughn Monroe) comes along next month...
...opening sentence in the story really struck home ... I know just how tired the inhabitants of Kissimmee are of the stale jokes strangers make about their town's name. I know just how the citizens of Bird in Hand, Pa. brace themselves when an out-of-state car slows down and the smirking driver leans out and asks the way to the town of Two-in-the-Bush. I also . . . sympathize with all bearers of unusual Christian or surnames...
Another quaint outlet for the Stanford spirit is the pajamarino. The freshmen men annually put on pajamas for the rally before the game with Southern California. The festivities begin with the freshmen parading down fraternity row. The frat men line up on both sides of the street with stale fruit and water hoses. Freshmen survivors of this-proceed to the basketball court where they become the feature attraction of the rally. Then they march over to Roble Hall to serenade the freshmen women. This serenade usually turns into an attempt to storm the sacred Roble Halls. Up fire escapes...
...Male War Bride. (20th Century-Fox) is a bedroom farce with a scattering of laughs which are muffled by as thick a mixture of stale crumbs and old chestnuts as Hollywood has ever stuffed into a high-priced turkey...
Profits & Pensions. Because stale stock ruined many a candymaker, Schnering sidestepped jobbers outside metropolitan centers, and developed a system whereby hundreds of truck-driving salesmen supplied Curtiss dealers. He spurred sales with profit & pension plans, and his 7,000 employees have never shown much interest in unionism...