Gossip
We are broadcasting today from the research department of the Oceanside Tattler, the easternmost tabloid in the US. In an effort to fulfill their mission statement of Promoting Social Bonds Through Gossip, they have created focus groups of some the town’s best-known tongue-waggers. Back in the laboratory, they attached electrodes to these subjects to monitor their brain activity while being exposed to juicy gossip tidbits. Let’s find out how the superior medial prefrontal cortex lights up in response to scandal, dirt, hearsay and whispers.
1 - Headlines in the News - Fats Waller and his Rhythm - 1941
2 - Plain Dirt - McKinney's Cotton Pickers – 1929
3 - Scandal in the Family - Sir Lancelot with Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders - 1943
4 - Gossip - Allen Miller and his Modern Men of Music – 1943
5 - Scandal-Monger Mama - Clyde Bernhardt with Leonard Feather's Blue Six – 1946
6 - Busybody - Curt Massey with Country Washburn and his Orchestra – 1950
7 - Tattle-Tale - Allan DeWitt with Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters – 1941
8 - Baby Don't Tell on Me - James Rushing with Count Basie and his Orchestra - 1939
9 - It's a Scandal (from "Oklahoma") - Joseph Buloff - 1944
10 - Scandal Walk - Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra – 1920
11 - Get Your Paper (The Newspaper Song) - Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra – 1951
12 - Newspaper Boy Blues - Little Tiny Kennedy with Tiny Bradshaw – 1952
13 - (Just An) Error in the News - Betty Allen with Hudson-DeLange Orchestra - 1937
14 - El Chisme - Laurita y Ray con Guitarra y Bajo Sexto – 1936
15 - Gossip - Marty Robbins - 1954
16 - It's a Lot of Idle Gossip - Ruth Gaylor with the Hudson - DeLange Orchestra – 1936
17 - It's Not a Secret Anymore - Bob Crosby with Anson Weeks – 1933
Hour Two:
18 - Gossip Researcher Harpo Marx - Burns and Allen Show – 1946 (Radio Comedy)
19 - A Scandal in Bohemia - Sherlock Holmes – 1954 (Radio Drama)
20 – Sensation - New Orleans Rhythm Kings – 1934
21 - Scuttlebutt - Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five – 1945
