"The Announcer's Test", aka: "One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese"

[CrankyYankee]

"The Announcer's Test", aka: "One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese"

When Dick Summer was on WBZ-Boston in the 60's, he'd run a recorded version of "The Announcer's Test" every now and then, and had it labeled(I believe) as the secret password of Irving II, a super-venus flytrap
plant. The script for this I found on line here:

http://cheesecakeandfriends.com/Troop1440/songs/OneHenTwoDucks.htm

My question to you is, can someone provide some true insight into the background of this "test", as it, who used it and was it given to would-be announcers and newscasters to be read "cold"or what?

 

[hrhwebmaster]

Re: "The Announcer's Test", aka: "One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese"

This link has a little more information: http://www.evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=8906

 

[raccoonradio]

Re: "The Announcer's Test", aka: "One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese"

Also featured on a Flo And Eddie (of Turtles fame) live album. Illegal Immoral and Fattening, IIRC.

 

[FredRichards]

Re: "The Announcer's Test", aka: "One hen, two ducks, three squawking geese"

You should try the "WFMT Announcer's Test".