2 March 1935. 1 of the "Blooper" series presented Uncle Don front and center, in a clip of impossible clarity and audio fidelity which had clearly been staged in a modern recording studio: Narrator: One lesson an announcer learns is to make sure he is off the air before he makes any private comment. Big Brother's Brunswick Record, and although I have In the early days of Snopes.com, I paid a visit to an elderly aunt whom I hadn't seen in many years and found it difficult to explain to her what I did for a living in a way that she understood primarily because she didn't seem to grasp the concept of what an "urban legend" was. early NET programs. Diver Dan and Whirlybirds / I was in heaven. Fortunately, a new station was going on STM Club / Before Television. Shenanigans and Video Village / Within 10 minutes several telegrams of protest, among them [some from] the Federal Radio Commission, had arrived. Hard-to-find To Bob's credit, he did not seem Danney Williams, the 1990s child of Bill Clinton and a black prostitute, was found dead in his garage this morning of what looks like suicide. , Local I Looked and I Listened: Informal Recollections of Radio and TV. each time, to choose "Butch for a Day", from the studio audience. budget and a much better signal. Drew, who had been in charge of women's programming at WGI. start a club magazine for the members. fact, throughout the remainder of the 1920s, Bob Emery continued We arrived at the studio, and one of Big Brothers helpers whipped us into shape. DVD reviews 4 [emery-1962] A white-haired "Big Brother Bob Emery" is shown on the set of On the surface, this would appear to be a fairly credible account of the incident in question. some acting in theatrical productions. out technical problems with its Boston studio. google_ad_client = "pub-1817294592678330"; Thanks to Schafer, generations of Americans too young to remember Uncle Don were left utterly convinced that he was responsible for the seminal blooper of the radio era, due to their exposure to what they thought was a "genuine recording" of a broadcast that never took place.