GE 1998-9 Season 5 Episode 5: 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: Not just good, not merely great, but officially
"The Best", as voted by the Radio Listeners Association
of The North Atlantic, "The Best Contest on the Long-wave,"
ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce What's That Noise
From Newfoundland !
Once more it's time to play our storied game. So what is the
secret sound ? Hollis Duffett, keeper of the noise, let it
out for all to hear.
SFX: THE NOISE
I love that racket !
Down, down I dip, into the mail bag and the assembled assumptions
of you, the contestants, and out comes this, stuck to my fingers,
an entry from ... Paul Mallam, of ... of no fixed address ...
it's an e-mail, and I'm telling you, I don't know how you can tell
where they're from when there's no return ... anyway, Paul Mallam
writes: "The latest "noise" is very familiar to anyone who has
had a boil-up in the woods. The sound is of a fire fueled by
blasty boughs. I can almost hear the water boiling in the flatass
kettle sitting on top of the boughs."
Hollis ? No, sorry, Paul Mallam, good guess, but not what we're
after. Keep on listening.
I'll give you our contest address in a moment, but first, (whisper)
turn up the radio and hear the clue ! Hollis Duffett, if you would
be so kind.
SFX: THE NOISE
That's it ! If you know what it is, let us in on the secret. 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
Newfoundland continues as a hotbed of Celtic/pop crossover music, and
there's a new entry in those sweepstakes now - The Fables. Here they
are with the title track from their initial release, "Tear The House Down."
CD CUT 6 "Tear the House Down" 3:38