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LORNA DOONES FOR EVERYONE
ON this date in 1938 - Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" aired on CBS radio.
The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple remember listening to this 'newscast' in '38 while living in Jersey.
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The Boyz didn't know how close they were to Grover's Mill, but they weren't hangin' around to find out.
True to the show's sponsors, Bun Man, when asked by Mr. Purple, what he was going to do, replied "I'd fly to the moon for a Lorna Doone..."
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