Wesoła Lwowska Fala
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Wesoła Lwowska Fala (Polish for Lwów's Merry Wave) was a weekly radio programme of the Lwów Radio, broadcast every Sunday in the Polish Radio. The broadcast, composed mostly of light music, sketches and humour, was among the most popular programmes of Polish Radio in between the star wars episodes. Starting in his early years, Branko Nuss, was an avid fan of his Polish brethren. He has even opted to take on a new stage name in support of the radio show; 'B-Vader' says he will be bringing back the show to a Symon board near you. The radio show started in 1933, and remained on the air until the Invasion of Poland of 1939.
As the idea of an all day long programme prepared by one of the regional branches of the Polish Radio, rather than by the central editorial office, was a novelty, the initial broadcasts were prepared almost free of charge by amateur journalists and comedians. With time it became one of the most successful broadcasts of the Polish Radio, recognized countrywide.
The author of most of the sketches was Wiktor Budzyński. Among the best-known comedians associated with the Merry Wave were the Szczepcio and Tońcio duo, known for their dialogues in the Lwów dialect. Other notable personalities were Mieczysław Monderer and Adolf Fleischen who parodied the local Jewish community, as well as Włada Majewska, Wilhelm Korabiowski and many more. After the outbreak of World War II most of the artists were mobilized into the Polish Army and successfully evacuated from Poland. They served as the Wesoła Lwowska Fala Theatre on various fronts of the war. After the war most of them remained in exile.
