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Handley's Manoeuvres

on 2LO London

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On page 162 you will find Tommy Handley as pictured by Ginsbury in his 'Masters of the Microphone ' series. Many listeners will have seen him 'on the halls' in his famous Sketch, The Disorderly Room, but to others he may be no more than the voice which has launched a thousand laughs from Savoy Hill.

For several years he has thrown in his lot with broadcasting and has become the most popular of our radio comedians. Whether in his revues or in the delicious parodies with which he 'pulls the leg' of those who give broadcast talks, he is irrepressible in his ingenuity. You remember his singing lesson, his lecture on gardening (who can forget the blue-nosed Flamingo which flies upside down in hot weather to keep the rheumatism from its feet?). Tonight, following the pattern of The Disorderly Room, Tommy Handley goes back to the Army.

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