Any graduates of Bullucka State out there?

If you've got the time, sell it to this man.

If you've got more time than that, listen to his ad.

Burley, at left, is still going strong, and I've listened to the man on radio for many years.

I spoke to Bill Treadway, the man who used to record these spots at Lone Star Studios in Houston. There was a lot of editing involved to get the spots down to a mere half minute, and Bill would work late into the night with razor blade and 1/4" splicing block to turn the recording into something ready for air. Bill graciously sent me an un-edited spot exactly as recorded. Burley had the product names written on separate slips of paper, and he would move the front sheet to the back after he read it. But he never knew when that sheet got up to the front again, and on he'd go.