KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1760

Theme Song: “When My Baby Smiles at Me.”

Announcer: “‘When My Baby Smiles at Me.’ What a familiar, tuneful radio signature and need I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, this melody heralds the approach to the microphone of that lovable, high-hatted tragedian of song, Ted Lewis.”

Ted: “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Yessir, is everybody happy?”

(a typical opening for “The Ted L…