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So why do people still use the phrase "worked like Gang Busters"?
No mention of hosts? Lord was first, then most notably followed by Col. H. Norman Swarzkopf (whose son later led US troops in Operation Desert Storm).
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I saw a mention of this in E.L. Doctrow's novel, World's Fair, which lead me to this site.
In chapter 18, he recites:
"I listened to programs that would have been unthinkable during the school term: Gang Busters, the crime-story show written by Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, which came on at ten o'clock..."
Doctrow does sometimes get the facts confused, as it does not appear Schwarzkopf wrote the programs, but narrated them for short period of time (1937-1940) at least according to Schwarzkopf's Wikipedia entry.
It is interesting Doctrow mentions this in his book (copyright 1985) as Schwarzkopf, Jr. had not become famous by then. So I wonder why he mentioned it.
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So why do people still use the phrase "worked like Gang Busters"?
No mention of hosts? Lord was first, then most notably followed by Col. H. Norman Swarzkopf (whose son later led US troops in Operation Desert Storm).
______________
I saw a mention of this in E.L. Doctrow's novel, World's Fair, which lead me to this site.
In chapter 18, he recites:
"I listened to programs that would have been unthinkable during the school term: Gang Busters, the crime-story show written by Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, which came on at ten o'clock..."
Doctrow does sometimes get the facts confused, as it does not appear Schwarzkopf wrote the programs, but narrated them for short period of time (1937-1940) at least according to Schwarzkopf's Wikipedia entry.
It is interesting Doctrow mentions this in his book (copyright 1985) as Schwarzkopf, Jr. had not become famous by then. So I wonder why he mentioned it.