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Thought this an interesting tidbit of information...
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ERB [Edgar Rice Burroughs] made only two other serious attempts at radio [besides Tarzan]. One occurred on December 19, 1936, when he submitted an idea for a radio show to be called, "I See by the Papers." Ed planned to play the part of a columnist working at the Tarzana Tribune. A demo was produced but the idea never reached fruition as a series.
Quiet, Please! -- a 1939 radio show proposal -- was the other concoction. ERB saw this as a weekly, fifteen-minute, one-character show in which he would comment on, and present listener responses about news events, jokes and verses. The emphasis was on quiet -- ERB vehemently expressed his objections to noise. His ramblings on the topic would include verse, such as:
The saddest sound that ere did cut
The silence and disturb:
The traffic coppers "putt-putt-putt"
That pulls you to the curb.
He couldn't interest anyone in sponsoring the show and nothing came of it.
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