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The Magic Baton |
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It's Wilbur's final
year leading the band and he wants to go out big. He drills the band
relentlessly, honing them to perfection. Finally the big day comes and
as they march down the street, Wilbur twirls his baton high into the
air only to have it take a strange twist on the way back down.
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Notes |
The main character's name underwent several name
changes from Waldo Grebb
to Stinky Davis, when Shep retold the story on the radio on May
30, 1967, and finally to Wilbur Duckworth in the movie Great
American Fourth of July (1982)
In another story about the band, done on WOR in 1971, Shep keeps
mixing up the names. He starts out calling the character Wilbur
Duckworth but mixes it up with "Stinkey" Davis at times, calling
him "Stinky" Wilbur Duckworth. He also slips one calling the
character Davis and then correcting it.
In the book "In God We Trust..." the
baton was changed from "Electric" to "Magic" |
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References |
Radio
May 30, 1967 "Memorial Day" show |
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Books
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"IN GOD WE TRUST All Others Pay Cash" - 1966 - "Wilbur
Duckworth and The Magic Baton" |
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Movies
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Magazines
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Newspaper Articles
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Records / Tapes / CD
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