Still they came by the thousand, most without ever considering the odds they were bucking. The Original Amateur Hour was getting 10,000 applications a week: the producers could only hear 500 to 700 amateurs in weekly auditions; only 20 were selected for the broadcast, and the rest were sent back into the streets. Broke and alone, they soon ended up on the city's already bulging relief rolls.
( John Dunning )
[ On the Air: The Encyclopedia ]
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