Title
"Frank Panny Hates His Job," GE Monogram, July 1970
Subject
[no text]
Description
Biographical article about Frank Panny, an GE Educational Relations employee who worked on the comic book project.
Transcript:
You put a microphone in front of a performer
or a politician and he becomes
almost incandescent. But not Frank
Panny. Frank has over ten years of
broadcasting experience logged in his
resume, yet when he is summoned to
the mike at Corporate Headquarters,
there's a wince on his face. He hates the
job. Anybody would. for his news is generally
bad . It goes something like this:
"Your attention please . Once again,
General Electric has received an anonymous
call. ... " His voice is calm, unhurried ;
the delivery is professional as
befits a pro. T he re may be a bomb in the
building. T hose who wish to. may leave.
T he building will be searched quickly
but thoroughly and will be declared secure
in about an hour. Panny repeats the
message. then bongs the chimes which
always signal the beginning and end of
any announcements made over the building's
internal PA system. And would you
believe the notes sounded are "G " " E"
"C'? When not spreading his glum
bomb messages, Frank Panny is a buyer
in Corporate Headquarter 's Production
and Distribution organization.
He earned hi s elocutionary side duties
because of his radio experience. Albany,
N.Y., residents may remember him as a
newscaster-sports announcer on WOKO.
" I left radio to join G E in Schenectady
in 1956," he says, " because the 50's were
kind of lean years for people in radio
broadcasting." His first assignment was
in Educational Relations, assisting in the
production of one of the most successful
educational programs in modern industry
- the much talked a bout Why Study
series of comic books. In 1959 he was
transferred to New York Cit y, which he
ruefully admits has changed some since
his boyhood on Manhattan's east side.
" Like bombs. Twenty years ago the re
was just one mad bomber in New York .
Today, you sometimes wonder if he
didn't have a large fa mil y." Not all of
Frank 's announcements a re bad. He had
a happy one in February. That was
the day he announced the strike had
ended
Transcript:
You put a microphone in front of a performer
or a politician and he becomes
almost incandescent. But not Frank
Panny. Frank has over ten years of
broadcasting experience logged in his
resume, yet when he is summoned to
the mike at Corporate Headquarters,
there's a wince on his face. He hates the
job. Anybody would. for his news is generally
bad . It goes something like this:
"Your attention please . Once again,
General Electric has received an anonymous
call. ... " His voice is calm, unhurried ;
the delivery is professional as
befits a pro. T he re may be a bomb in the
building. T hose who wish to. may leave.
T he building will be searched quickly
but thoroughly and will be declared secure
in about an hour. Panny repeats the
message. then bongs the chimes which
always signal the beginning and end of
any announcements made over the building's
internal PA system. And would you
believe the notes sounded are "G " " E"
"C'? When not spreading his glum
bomb messages, Frank Panny is a buyer
in Corporate Headquarter 's Production
and Distribution organization.
He earned hi s elocutionary side duties
because of his radio experience. Albany,
N.Y., residents may remember him as a
newscaster-sports announcer on WOKO.
" I left radio to join G E in Schenectady
in 1956," he says, " because the 50's were
kind of lean years for people in radio
broadcasting." His first assignment was
in Educational Relations, assisting in the
production of one of the most successful
educational programs in modern industry
- the much talked a bout Why Study
series of comic books. In 1959 he was
transferred to New York Cit y, which he
ruefully admits has changed some since
his boyhood on Manhattan's east side.
" Like bombs. Twenty years ago the re
was just one mad bomber in New York .
Today, you sometimes wonder if he
didn't have a large fa mil y." Not all of
Frank 's announcements a re bad. He had
a happy one in February. That was
the day he announced the strike had
ended
Creator
General Electric Company
Source
[no text]
Publisher
General Electric Company
Date
1970-07
Contributor
[no text]
Rights
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Relation
[no text]
Format
Magazine
Language
eng
Type
Magazine
Identifier
Pages 18-19
Coverage
Magazines