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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