Editing Wayne and Shuster (section)

==Radio==
[[File:Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster performing in a CBC radio broadcast of The Army Show Johnny Wayne et Frank Shuster, durant une représentation de The Army Show à la radio de la SRC.jpg|thumb|Performing for ''The Army Show'' on CBC Radio during World War II]]
In 1941, they made their radio debut on [[CFRB]] in their own show, ''The Javex Wife Preservers'',<ref name="archive">{{cite web | url = http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1958-wayne-and-shuster-debut-on-the-ed-sullivan-show | title =1958: Wayne and Shuster debut on the Ed Sullivan Show | website = CBC Archives | publisher = CBC | access-date =April 13, 2018}}</ref> for which they were each paid $12.50 per week to dispense household hints in a humorous fashion.<ref name=nash />{{rp|143}}  Their popularity on CFRB, at the time a top-rated Toronto radio station, soon landed the pair on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s (CBC) [[Trans-Canada Network]] as part of the [[American Tobacco Company|Buckingham Cigarette]] "Blended Rhythm Show".<ref name=nash />{{rp|143}}

[[File:W and S on the radio 1947.png|thumb|Listing for the pair's new comedy/variety radio show, airing in the US in 1947.]]

They enlisted in the [[Canadian Army]] in 1942, and were immediately assigned to ''The Canadian Army Radio Show'', which was produced in Montreal.<ref name="cjn">{{cite news | last =Lungen | first =Paul | title =Wayne and Shuster: the iconic comedy team that delighted audiences for years | newspaper =The Canadian Jewish News  | location =Toronto | date =August 22, 2017 | url =http://www.cjnews.com/culture/canada-150/wayne-shuster-iconic-comedy-team-delighted-audiences-years | access-date = April 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=nash />{{rp|144}} Shuster and Wayne wrote most of the music, lyrics and skits, and were part of a cast that featured the singers [[Jimmie Shields]] and Raymonde Maranda. The radio show was a success, resulting in ''The Army Show'', a touring stage version that opened in Toronto in April 1943 to popular acclaim. ''[[Time Magazine]]'' called it "a high-spirited, always likeable, often lavish soldier show... Two Toronto sergeants, 26-year-old Frank Shuster and 24-year-old Johnny Wayne, had authored a peppy book, some perky tunes and lyrics."<ref>{{cite news | title = The Theater: Canadian Capers | newspaper =Time | location =New York | date =April 19, 1943}}</ref>  The revue travelled across Canada in 1943 to entertain troops and help with the sale of [[War bond#World War II|Victory Bonds]], and included a stop at the [[Quebec Conference, 1943|Quebec Conference]].<ref name=army>{{cite book | last =Stephens | first =W. Ray | title =The Canadian Entertainers of World War II | publisher =Mosaic Press/International Publishers | date =1993 | location =Oakville, Canada}}</ref> In addition to Shuster and Wayne, the cast included the singer [[Roger Doucet]], Brian and [[Dennis Farnon]], [[The Denny Vaughan Show|Denny Vaughan]], and [[Lois Maxwell|Lois Hooker]] (who later, as Lois Maxwell, starred as [[Miss Moneypenny]] in fourteen [[James Bond]] films).<ref name=army /> In late 1943, the revue was split up into five units and sent to England to entertain troops. Shuster and Wayne again prepared most of the material for all the units, and were assigned to a unit that followed Canadian troops into France following [[D-Day]]. The duo often performed close enough to the front lines that they had to contend with snipers, strafing and even a relatively close encounter with an exploding [[V-1 flying bomb|V-1 "buzz bomb"]].<ref name=nash />{{rp|143}}

After [[demobilization]], Shuster and Wayne returned to Toronto and started ''The RCA Victor Show'' on CBC Radio.<ref name="cc">{{cite web | url =http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/publications/archivist-magazine/015002-2131-e.html | title =The Archivist: Wayne & Shuster | website = Collections Canada | publisher = Library and Archives Canada | access-date =April 13, 2018}}</ref> An advertising executive suggested that "Wayne & Shuster" sounded better than "Shuster & Wayne". Since the order of their names wasn't important to the two, they agreed to the change.<ref name =benny /> ([[Alex Barris]] later recalled that they had a CBC office with two doors — one read "Wayne & Shuster", the other was "Shuster & Wayne".)<ref name=benny /> Their popularity rapidly grew and CBC changed the name of their radio programme to ''The Wayne & Shuster Show.''<ref name =cc /> By 1950, their Canadian weekly audience numbered 3 million.<ref name=benny /> They also began to make a name for themselves in the U.S. when they were hired to make a radio network series to replace [[William Bendix]]'s ''The Life of Riley'' while it was on summer hiatus in 1947.<ref name=nash />{{rp|144}}