Radio Serials
Sir,—The other day. by some quirk of fate, the soap-box opera turntables got out of hand, witn this result. Portia: “Dr. Paul, I don’t want to worry you, but Walter has left me again. What should I do?” Patil: “Take my advice, my dear, and divorce him. Then run for the district member.” Now I don’t want to believe that all New Zealand women (for whom, I understand these programmes are sponsored) are of the dewy-eyed, soft-hearted type who identify themselves with Portia (their husbands also being little boys who have lost their way) or that they are single and hope to marry someone as perfect as Paul, if possible. So could you explain why programmes of the calibre of “Four Generations” or “The Forsyte Saga” (at present on YA stations) could not be sponsored by astute businessmen? They must surely realise that their long stories are losing some of their zest and zing. Or must the listeners out up with the monotonous monopoly wielded by the big few over so many for so long?—Yours, etc., NOT A DEWY-EYED MAIDEN. March 19, 1958.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28540, 20 March 1958, Page 3
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