ly ▁Mason , ▁the ▁King ▁Sister s , ▁Georgia ▁Car roll ▁( K y ser ' s ▁wife ), ▁Harry ▁B abb itt ▁and ▁G in ny ▁Sim ms . ▁Other ▁regular s ▁were ▁pian ist ▁L yman ▁G ande e , ▁tr ump eter ▁Bobby ▁Guy , ▁and ▁Mer w yn ▁Bog ue ▁( bet ter ▁known ▁as ▁I sh ▁Kab ib ble ). ▁Fran ▁C ough lin ▁was ▁the ▁writer . ▁Ann oun cers ▁were ▁Ken ▁N iles , ▁Bud ▁Hi est and , ▁Vern ▁Smith , ▁Bill ▁Form an , ▁and ▁Jack ▁Mc Co y . ▁R ex ▁K our y ▁was ▁the ▁organ ist , ▁and ▁Frank ▁O ' Con nor ▁was ▁the ▁producer . ▁Direct ors ▁included ▁Ed ▁C ash man , ▁John ▁Cle ary , ▁William ▁War wick , ▁and ▁Harry ▁Sax . ▁▁ ▁A ▁review ▁in ▁Billboard ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁attributed ▁the ▁program ' s ▁success ▁more ▁to ▁Ky ser ▁than ▁to ▁its ▁format . ▁Paul ▁A ck erman ▁wrote : ▁" In ▁fact , ▁the ▁Old ▁Professor ' s ▁most ▁not ew orth y ▁characteristic ▁is ▁e bul li ence . ▁He ' s ▁got ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁degree ▁that ▁makes ▁other ▁fac ets ▁of ▁the ▁program ▁secondary ." ▁ ▁Network s ▁and ▁spons ors ▁ ▁Mut ual ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁Ky ser ' s ▁program ▁gained ▁a ▁spons or , ▁a ▁network , ▁a ▁new ▁location , ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁title . ▁The