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IN RADIO LIFE MAGAZINE FROM JULY 18TH 1948-- MR. CHAPPELL STATES:
"I'M JUST AN ORDINARY FELLOW WHO GETS ALL BOLLIXED UP WITH THE SUPERNATURAL WEEK AFTER
WEEK, AND I LOVE IT! HOW MANY HAVE SEEN 'MOTHER EARTH' UNDER THE COOPER MINES AT BUTTE,
MONTANA, AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN AT CALAIS TO WATCH ROBIN HOOD, FRIAR TUCK, LITTLE JOHN,
WILL SCARLET AND ALL THE REST SHOOT ARROWS INTO GERMAN TANKS TO BLOW THEM UP? FOR THAT
MATTER, HAS ANY CHARACTER LOOKED AT HIS REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR AND ORDERED IT TO DO HIS
BIDDING AND GRANT HIS EVERY WISH? I DOUBT IT. AND COOPER, WHO FOR MY MONEY IS AHEAD OF
HIS TIME IN INTELLIGENT, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN ADULT RADIO STORIES. COOPER FIGURES THE PLAYS
AND I CARRY THE BALL." HE IS REFERRING TO "RETREAT AT DUNKERQUE" WHICH AIRED ON SEPT. 3, 1947
ABOUT ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN. THIS WAS THE ONLY SHOW BROADCASTED LOCALLY ON WOR.
IT IS STILL MISSING. NO SCRIPT HAS EVER BEEN FOUND. |