Very Curious

"Very curious," said the Englishman. "First the man calls out a number, and you put a bean on it. Then he calls another number and you put another bean on it . . . until at last a lady screams, 'Bingo!' and everybody else cries,'Aw, hell!' Very curious place, America."

Last week the baffled Englishman would have found America even more curious. The latest radio craze was Tune-O, an air version of bingo with a touch of Stop the Music thrown in. Players must first guess the name of the tune being played from a numbered list supplied by the sponsors, then match the tune's number with an accompanying bingo-type card. The first to plot five numbers in a row calls the radio station, screams "Tune-O!" and waits for the prizes to roll in: $1,000 in cash, jewelry, a new automobile.

Started in Manhattan only three months ago, Tune-O has stormed its way into six other large cities (Atlanta, Detroit, Louisville, Miami, Norfolk, San Diego), last fortnight made a dizzying debut to a wildly enthusiastic audience in Washington, D.C. By last week more than 30,000 Tune-O cards had been given out and station WWDC had to install three special lines to handle the crowd.

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