Radio Star of Tomorrow

My father, Li’l Tom Hardy, had a radio show with his vent figure, Pooch Belly.  The show was on the air for six months in 1946 on the Mutual Radio Network.  It was called the Red Network after many of its stations went into bankruptcy only to be revived by NBC. 

 

This is the only portion I have of the shows he did:

 

  

Lt:      And we certainly
thank the kind people over at Ivory Soap for their kind consideration
and sponsorship of the Li’l Tom and Pooch Belly show.

 

Pb:     (Silence)

 

Lt:      I said we thank the kind people over at Ivory Soap for their kind . . .

 

Pb:     I heard you. 

 

Lt:      Don’t you think the people at Ivory should be thanked?

 

Pb:     No.

 

Lt:      You don’t?  After all they’ve done?

 

Pb:     Exactly.

 

Lt:      You don’t think they should be . . .

 

Pb:     No, I don’t.  How could you spank the very folks who are paying for us to be on the Mutual Radio Network?

 

Lt:      (Laughing) No, Pooch Belliness!  Not, “spanked,” but “thanked”!

 

Pb:     Oh, “thanked.”  Well, why didn’t you say so?

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

The Original Pooch Belly Voice, Monica Talm

Lt:      I thought you thought I . . .

 

Pb:     We know what you thought . . .

 

Audience:      Laugher, applause

 

Lt:      Well, anyway.  How has your week been, Pooch Belly?

 

Pb:     I’ve been good.  How have you been, old Tom?

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Lt:      I’m not OLD!!!

 

Pb:     Keep saying it, pop.  Keep saying it.

 

Audience:      Laugher, applause

 

Lt:      And don’t call me “pop,” it makes me sound old.

 

Audience:      More laughter, applause

 

Pb:     I don’t want to say you’re old, Tommy, but I saw your mother the other day.  She was on the side of the road; her dinosaur broke down.

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Lt:      I love Dinah Shore

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Pb:     Not “Dinah Shore” but  . . .

 

Lt:      So how was school this week, Pooch Belly?

 

Pb:     It was fine.  Except my teacher is stupid.

 

Lt:      Stupid?  Why do you think that?

 

Pb:     She’s always asking us questions.

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Lt:      No, she’s not stupid.  She’s trying to help you learn.

 

Pb:     (Pause)  No, she’s stupid alright.  She said you sound like such a nice young man.

 

Audience:      Laughter, applause.

 

Lt:      Well, I have half a mind to stop pulling your cord.  That would shut you up.

 

Pb:     I agree.

 

Lt:      You agree that if I don’t pull your cord, you’d be quiet?

 

Pb:     No I agree that you have half a mind. 

 

Audience:      Laughter,  applause

 

Pb:     You remind me of Greta Garbo?

 

Lt:      Because I want to be left alone?

 

Pb:     No, because you . . .

 

End of transcript.

 

Radio Star of Tomorrow

My father, Li’l Tom Hardy, had a radio show with his vent figure, Pooch Belly.  The show was on the air for six months in 1946 on the Mutual Radio Network.  It was called the Red Network after many of its stations went into bankruptcy only to be revived by NBC. 

 

This is the only portion I have of the shows he did:

 

  

Lt:      And we certainly thank the kind people over at Ivory Soap for their kind consideration and sponsorship of the Li’l Tom and Pooch Belly show.

 

Pb:     (Silence)

 

Lt:      I said we thank the kind people over at Ivory Soap for their kind . . .

 

Pb:     I heard you. 

 

Lt:      Don’t you think the people at Ivory should be thanked?

 

Pb:     No.

 

Lt:      You don’t?  After all they’ve done?

 

Pb:     Exactly.

 

Lt:      You don’t think they should be . . .

 

Pb:     No, I don’t.  How could you spank the very folks who are paying for us to be on the Mutual Radio Network?

 

Lt:      (Laughing) No, Pooch Belliness!  Not, “spanked,” but “thanked”!

 

Pb:     Oh, “thanked.”  Well, why didn’t you say so?

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

The Original Pooch Belly Voice, Monica Talm

Lt:      I thought you thought I . . .

 

Pb:     We know what you thought . . .

 

Audience:      Laugher, applause

 

Lt:      Well, anyway.  How has your week been, Pooch Belly?

 

Pb:     I’ve been good.  How have you been, old Tom?

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Lt:      I’m not OLD!!!

 

Pb:     Keep saying it, pop.  Keep saying it.

 

Audience:      Laugher, applause

 

Lt:      And don’t call me “pop,” it makes me sound old.

 

Audience:      More laughter, applause

 

Pb:     I don’t want to say you’re old, Tommy, but I saw your mother the other day.  She was on the side of the road; her dinosaur broke down.

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Lt:      I love Dinah Shore

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Pb:     Not “Dinah Shore” but  . . .

 

Lt:      So how was school this week, Pooch Belly?

 

Pb:     It was fine.  Except my teacher is stupid.

 

Lt:      Stupid?  Why do you think that?

 

Pb:     She’s always asking us questions.

 

Audience:      Laughter

 

Lt:      No, she’s not stupid.  She’s trying to help you learn.

 

Pb:     (Pause)  No, she’s stupid alright.  She said you sound like such a nice young man.

 

Audience:      Laughter, applause.

 

Lt:      Well, I have half a mind to stop pulling your cord.  That would shut you up.

 

Pb:     I agree.

 

Lt:      You agree that if I don’t pull your cord, you’d be quiet?

 

Pb:     No I agree that you have half a mind. 

 

Audience:      Laughter,  applause

 

Pb:     You remind me of Greta Garbo?

 

Lt:      Because I want to be left alone?

 

Pb:     No, because you . . .

 

End of transcript.

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