After these walk-ons, she would banter with announcer Ken Niles and perhaps indulge in more stargazing. In her memoir, radio actress Mary Jane Higby recalls working the show. The "underpaid radio actors" soon took to calling themselves "the Gay Ad-Libbers." They "would circle the microphone, trying to simulate people having a marvelous time. 'What fun to be here!' they would cry. 'My, doesn't Myrna Loy look gorgeous! Whoops, there's Bette Davis!
( John Dunning )
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