Tedi thurman biography books
Benjamin Franklin Grauer (June 2, 1908 – May 31, 1977) was an American radio and television personality, following a career during the 1920s as a child actor.
Tedi Thurman achieved much within this outlandishly sexist system by combining her interests in art, fashion, and weather.!
Here she is — “Miss Monitor.”Her real name is Tedi Thurman — the woman who, in “Monitor’s” early years, gave weather forecasts in a manner that New York Times media critic Jack Gould described as “an irresistible invitation to an unforgettable evening.”
Tedi was a fashion model and actress who had appeared on several TV shows.
That turned out to be her ticket to “Monitor,” where she gave weather forecasts for cities in a way that they’d never been given before — in an alluring voice with lush music playing in the background.
The first time you heard that presentation, you’d never forget it — or “that voice.” Listen here:
(The weather forecasts were real — except for the time when “Monitor” host Henry Morgan set Tedi’s script on fire from the bottom up.
Then, she had to make up some of the temperatures.)
She was a smash hit on “Monitor”