"MRS. SIMPSON"
RADIO INTERJECTION 8.8.C.'S BRIEF COMMENT MALES ON PARADE (Received February 10, 2 p.m.) ' ' LONDON, February 9. While the British Broadcasting Corporation's male voice chorus was singing a song in a radio item entitled "Masculine Fame on Parade," listeners were surprised to hear a man's voice interjecting the words, "Mrs. Simpson." The announcer, at the conclusion of the item, said, "We apologise to all listeners for an unfortunate lapse from taste in an earlier programme." Press inquiries later met with a refusal to amplify the statement. "SEX APPEAL." The item consisted of representations of famous characters, Nero, Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, King John, and others who sang the chorus and couplet: "We've come along this evening and one and all we feel "We wish that you could see us for we've all got sex appeal." Then the words "Mrs. Simpson" which were, not in, the script, were heard by millions of listeners. The Broadcasting Corporation and the newspapers have been inundated with telephone calls asking for an explanation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 12
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