GE 1996-7 Season 3 Episode 8: What's That Noise?
Note: this is not a transcript, but a working draft of the script, so there may be differences in the aired version.
PAUL: Magic, mayhem, and what’s that
noise from Nfld.
Yes, it’s time for the contest
near and dear to the ears of
our listeners. We play a
noise that comes from Nfld,
you try and guess what it is,
and if you are successful, you
get a souvenir from the BCN
kiosk up in the lobby of the
big blue broadcast centre.
Hollis Duffett, keeper of the
noise and primo quizmaster,
let us in on the secret sound.
SFX: THE NOISE
There it is ... that stomping
stumping sound.
Down in to the mail bag of no
return I descend, pulling out
an entry postmarked ... St.
John’s ! That’s a surprize,
we don’t often get mail from
the capital city. And it’s
... wow, it’s from ... Malcolm
Dunbar ... bide a wee wi’ us,
Malcolm ... and Malcolm has
put a lot of effort into his
entry, he’s cut out all the
letters from a magazine or a
newspaper or something, kind
of like a collage ... or a
ransom note. Malcolm writes,
“You, Paul Moth, I’m listening
to you ... and I’m preparing a
Moth Broth ... for dinner !”
Well, that’s nice, Malcolm.
He continues: “I ken the
Noise, and there’s nay
mistaking it. It is the last
shovel of coal going in to the
coal-fired transmitter of the
BCN. And as for your show,
Paul StLaurent Boothby Moth,
look out because you’ll find
you are no longer on the air,
if I have anything to do about
it. This will be the last
contest anybody hears. Beware
the Kilmarnock Camerons ...”
and he goes on a bit here ...
Geez, Malcolm ...
Anyway. Quiz judge Hollis
Duffett, how does Malcolm
Dunbar’s guess rate in the
“correct” department ?
SFX: THE WINNING THEME
We have a winner ! Yes,
Malcolm Dunbar of St. John’s,
a quality, 100% cotton Great
Eastern tee shirt will find
its way to you through the
Royal Mails as soon as I can
get it in an envelope on
Monday morning.
Notwithstanding your doomy
prediction about our contest,
regular listeners ... or at
least, people who listen
regularly to The Great
Eastern, will know that when
the noise from Nfld is
identified, we just start all
over again, with a new noise.
Hollis, my mains man, let us
hear the new noise.
SFX: THE NEW, IMPROVED NOISE
If you think you know what in
the world that noise from Nfld
is, then you have already
qualified to enter the What’s
That Noise From Nfld. Just
send your guess in an envelope
clearly destined to the
contest, c/o The Great
Eastern, the Broadcasting
Corporation of Newfoundland,
342 Duckworth St., St. John’s,
Nfld., A1C 1H5.
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