Remember WENN
I had planned to write a book-related post, but then I stumbled across this tumblr post about Remember WENN, a half-hour AMC dramedy from 1996 that takes place in a 1930s radio station. I love radio drama. I'm currently loving anything that takes place in the 1930s. I dove straight in, and I've discovered another favorite show. The titular radio station, WENN, is a Pittsburgh radio station that runs on a shoestring budget. In the first episode, Betsy arrives as an intern, and her experience introduces us to the characters that populate the station. Victor Comstock is the enthusiastic station manager who produces shows with enthusiastic artistic vision and little concern for the limitations of reality. All of the station's programs--news shows, westerns, soap operas, comedies, etc.--are performed by a troupe of three actors. Hilary Booth's the aging diva with a big ego and a sharp tongue, Jeff Singer's the handsome womanizer and Hilary's ...