ARCHIVES SCANLON, MURRAY and SHIELDS Above trio blend into a good comedy radio group. They have fairly smart material and all possess the knack of getting it over. Patter is fast, with the gags flying thicker than customary, and, strange to say, the puns have more sock than customarily heard over the air. Songs, maily comedy, are interspersed throughout the program. Scanlon [sic] and Murray work together for harmony. Walter Scanlon [sic], with an Irish tenor, gets in a few ballads. For the main part, though, all the song bits are of the comic and novelty variety. Miss Shields has a voice that's quite catchy. She mixes into the crossfire with the two boys and also does some solo warbling, William Wirges' orchestra gets in a few pop melodies and accompanies the trio. Source: Variety, December 29, 1931, page 159. |