The lockjaw –think Porky Pig playing Colonel Kurtz “…the haw wah…the haw wah….”

I had always imagined Wretchard would sound like a dinky dye Aussie! But he doesn’t, in fact, he sounds like me, no accent at all.

Stewart…enlisted in the Army in March 1941. He became the first major American movie star to wear a military uniform in World War II.

(further on)

In March 1944, he was transferred as group operations officer to the 453rd Bombardment Group, a new B-24 unit that had been experiencing difficulties. As a means to inspire his new group, Stewart flew as command pilot in the lead B-24 on numerous missions deep into Nazi-occupied Europe. These missions went uncounted at Stewart’s orders. His “official” total is listed as 20 and is limited to those with the 445th. In 1944, he twice received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in combat and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He also received the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. In July 1944, after flying 20 combat missions, Stewart was made Chief of Staff of the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the Eighth Air Force. Before the war ended, he was promoted to colonel, one of very few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years.

And the program on Mumbai/Bombay was interesting, and useful, too.

And Wretchard was totally intelligent. As was Austin Bay. The advantage of PJ is that it has really smart people in its stable, so it’s worth putting in the time to run the tv program…

And hey, I love Poliwood.

I rarely take the time to watch these offerings, however, unless they appear to have something that I won’t be able to find a description of elsewhere. Or unless I’m assured and promised that it won’t take more than 2 or 3 minutes. The thought of being able to hear Wretchard’s voice might be a sufficient lure in this particular case.