 "It was the worst mob scene I have ever witnessed," Holcombe said later.The festivities became so raucous that a radio broadcast from the hotel by actress, singer and World War II pinup girl Dorothy Lamour was cut off by the network; assuming he was off-air, NBC audio engineer Raoul Murphy uttered an expletive heard live nationwide and dead air greeted the audience for a very long twenty seconds.Due to the numerous broadcast difficulties, Lamour reportedly fled the stage in tears.