May 18, 1936

[wheelerwoolsey.livejournal.com]

An interesting ad for the Frank Watanabe radio show that appeared in the Portland Oregonian on May 18, 1936:

Comments

[air-and-angels.livejournal.com]

I had thought Frank Watanabe was an actual Japanese person whose 'schtick' was stereotypes about his ethnicity, but dang it's hard to Google up information about the man himself. Can you recommend a source?

[neurotic-funk.livejournal.com]

I had to Google him myself so I wasn't that familiar with him. Frank Watanabe was played by white radio actor Eddie Holden. There's a link to a Google Book about Frank Watanabe:

The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation (http://books.google.com/books?id=nRCGMfqp9acC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=%22Frank+Watanabe%22+radio&source=bl&ots=9-0KjFkVa9&sig=o3X0X9Jl1STNuwvj16QGW5IJl5A&hl=en&ei=cArvS4LuEY6wsgOVjNjLDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Frank%20Watanabe%22%20radio&f=false)

[neurotic-funk.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the link, it was a long link. Try this link to

The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation (http://bit.ly/91EQ7y)

[air-and-angels.livejournal.com]

Thanks!