 Then, as Cantor cast member Dinah Shore's solo career began to blossom, she brought von Zell in as announcer on her "Birds Eye Open House" program.As a young announcer, von Zell made a memorable verbal slip in 1931 when he referred to U.S. President Herbert Hoover as "Hoobert Heever" during a live tribute on Hoover's birthday.Hoover was not present at this tribute.