Rest Room Humour

Chapter 56 (cont'd)
"Let's get an evening scene in here now. We'll have the Tribune delivered to the hangar. Lucy and Ethel will end the day with... with what?"
J.P. hollered, "Jayne, did you get a newspaper from 1944?"
Jayne was trying to hide her smile as she passed the cut and paste edition to J.P. for his perusal.
J.P. glanced at the front page paste-up and grimaced. He looked at Jayne but she just lifted her eyebrows in firm query.
"We couldn't find anything on the merits of the Yeshiva University?" His jaw was firm but not totally unyielding.
"The Jews were making headlines all over the world J.P., but the soldiers were listening to 'Songs in the Night' after Billy Graham recruited George Beverley Shea as his director of radio ministry. The radio show was broadcast over the 'Armed Forces Network.' The U.S. Army began broadcasting during World War II using equipment and studio facilities borrowed from the British Broadcasting Corporation." Jayne gave a concise report without contrived emotion.
"The AFN is the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service which is pronounced 'A-farts.'" J.P. mocked.
"Therefore, the second article on the page, J.P.," this time the sparkle of mirth in Jaynes' eyes gave her away.
"Alright, we'll go with this. I like the rest room humour. We can write that into the script easily."
"The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, joined with the BBC as D-day approached. I think we've got all the media covered correctly for authenticity in your film J.P."
"Thanks for the research, Jayne."
The next scene was acted out with just the right amount of lightness to bring the tension into balance from the scene that had been filmed in the morning.