I have been listening to your shows almost every Saturday since I was eight. It gives me a chance to see exactly how the musicians and composers lived and struggled through out their daily lives. I feel I've become one of the members of a band or an actress in a musical. I've always been an enormous fan of the broadway musical; eight years later I still listen to it. I've never ever seen a Broadway show live but it feels as if I've been to every single one. I thank you for the energy and humor in which you present the shows. I also thank you for staying on the air for so long. The show always makes me feel better. If I know a song I sing it. If I don't I look up information on the musical. Thank you again for continuing to add history and enjoyment to the Broadway musical world.

Your faithful listener, Helen Hall

You are a unique, significant, & most important man in presenting American culture. You are much, much more than an entertainer and could do wonders for young college people by presenting your shows to them. One of your narratives w/music would do more to illuminate this great country to young students than all the courses on the Civil or First World Wars. I was born in '29 so tonights show was familiar to me through my parents, who grew up on the Lower East Side of NYC. My Mother loved the Jewish Theater on 2nd Avenue (went on Saturday, the sabbath, so don't tell anyone!). My Father was a dancer and grew up with all the names you mention (his sister, Hermosa, danced with George Burns. In order to travel the Shubert Theater Circuit as a team, her mother made her marry George. That was some years before he met Gracie). Their stories and that "look in their eyes" makes me believe the Roaring 20s was the best of all decades. Thank you for your presntation of American musical history. I Savor every show.

Thank you, Norman Siegel

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