Tom's Tall Tales - "The night Kate Smith saved the day"

The recent tumult about Kate Smith brought back a rush of memories that had fallen out of my brain.
I had great affection for ol’ Kate. Nobody belted out “God Bless America” the way she did. My affection really intensified years ago when “… One night, Kate Smith saved the day.”
Before I begin my Tall Tale, here’s an update. Kate died more than 30 years ago, but the Yankees and the Flyers have played her version of “God Bless America” as a good luck charm for years – until a fan sent an anonymous tip about racist lyrics. If you’ve seen the 1933 movie, “Hello Everybody,” in which African-American children are listening to Kate, well, it’ll make you cringe. That’s why the Yankees and the Flyers pulled her song off their playlist.
That leads me back to my Tall Tale.

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