No performer on "the BTs" was more whimsical than Ralph ("Brother Ralph") Smith. Shovels were sometimes needed to remove the whimsy from the studio.

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Did I ever tell you ...

Reno Bailey That I was once in the movie business? That I was once a TV newscaster? That I personally helped the U.S. Navy complete an important mission? The stories you are about to read are true. Only my age has changed.

Believe them or not »

Belmont Tunnel's Untold Story

Who is this man? His name is Fern B. Phelps and he was an extremely important figure in the amazing saga of a man and his vision, Irving Glick and the Belmont Tunnel. If you read only one story this year about the building of the Tunnel, this is the one to read.

Untold story »

A Decoded Message

Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear (1941), and —dare we reveal the secret?—learn about a concealed coded message and how it came to be deciphered by an ordinary housewife.

On, big fellow »

Movie Extras

Shootout on Front Street. Don't be alarmed, it's only a movie: "Dodge City," starring Errol Flynn. On this old publicity still, we marveled at the number of extras in the scene. But what does this have to do with WBTV?

The Hoax

Anissa Jones A child star visiting our studios was mystified by a strange yet somehow familiar specter. Had Halloween come early? Had her doll, Mrs. Beasley, come alive? Could she have a severe case of jet lag?

* whimsy (hwim′zē): curious, quaint, or fanciful humor

Unless it was his cohort, Tommy ("Cousin Fudd") Faile. He and Ralph carried on for decades with their corn-fed brand of foolishness.