GE 1998-9 Season 5 Episode 2: What's That's Noise?
Note: this is not a transcript, but a working draft of the script, so there may be differences in the aired version.
PAUL: "The hills are alive with the sound of" ... the world's
most popular contest, What's That Noise From Newfoundland !
The mail has been pouring in all week, let's not keep any of the
contestants waiting, let's get right to the busi-noise at hand.
But first, Hollis Duffett, refresh our aural memories, just what i
s it that it is ?
SFX: THE NOISE
There you have it, and right here I have the fabled bag o' mail ...
and down I go to find ... this ...
It's a letter, from Cavendish, on the west coast of the Avalon,
and it's from Percy Edwards, and Percy writes ... oh, this isn't
a contest entry, this is another fan letter for Cindy LeGrow, our
interim weather forecaster. She's proven to be very popular in our
community. Which reminds me that shortly we'll attempt a call to
Erling Biggs, our award-winning regular host of Traffic Alert,
who doesn't see much traffic out on the Funks, where he's currently
stationed doing his time-honoured twelve-month, a condition of
employment here at the BCN.
Back to the contest, back to the bag, and here's ... an e-mail from
... Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territories - we've got a huge fan base
there - and it's from Paul Davis ... it's a long one, Paul, let's see
... ah ! cozying up to the officials, I see. Paul Davis writes:
"Hollis Duffet: I last heard that peculiar noise at the Kwaerner
A/S wave power generating laboratory near Stavanger, Norway.
I can only conjecture that as part of the Hibernia technology-transfer
agreement, a similar prototype has been set up in Newfoundland."
Let's see, he goes on ... hmm, no nothing else.
Well, Paul, thanks for playing thet game, a very good guess for a
mainlander, but wrong. The noise is not a wave power generator.
Keep trying.
I'll give you our contest address in a moment, but first, Hollis
Duffett, let us in on the secret once more.
SFX: THE NOISE
Know what that is ? Write us at the What's That Noise From Newfoundland
Contest, 342 Duckworth St., St. John's, A1C 1H5. Or e-us, that address
is greateastern@stjohns.cbc.ca
Fill our bag with your suppositions.
Now, from the Boston States, here's Dar Williams with "Are You Out There ?"