Evening star., 1949-12-25

to ease your conscience as you
/ spend too much time looking at
: television just because there is
: something to look at. Consolation
, No. l is that it won't last. After
!, several months discrimination sets
in and you find yourself succumb-
ing to selectivity in the matter of
: video programs. You even will
: discover that you can let the young
watch Howdy-Doody while you
read the paper, without feeling the
) slightest compulsion to watch the
ganoping electrons draw their
magic pictures.
Consolation No. 2 is that you
are a lot better off with your
Christmas television set this year
than those who marked Yuletide,
1948, with TV. Those 1948 and
earlier people were pioneers. all
right, but they paid for the priv
ilege. They paid more for their
sets and they paid a certain price
in mental anguish. It is a lot
easier to become discriminating
. now than it was back in that pre-
vious year, when there wasn't
! very much to discriminate be-
tween.
There still will be times when
you will wonder if you didn't
invest in television too soon. But
there VIII be other times when
you will be glad you did. Tonight
should start you off right, though
it may oversell you. Today you
will find available such things as
American Forum of the Air."
Super Circus" "Mr. I. Magma
tion." Paul Whiteman Revue"
Leave It to the Girls" Front
Row Center" Tonight on Broad
way" 1.-THE Aldrich Family" This
Is Show Business" Think Fast"
Toast of the Town." Fired War
ing Show" "Television Play
house." "Garroway at Iarge,"|
Celebrity Time" and Tempo"
And you won't be able to watch
them all.
There Are Other Nights.
Some of these Sunday night
shows. are better than others, of
course, but a year ago you would
have been lucky to find this many
programs in a week that could
claim some merit.
Sunday is the weeks high point,
but the other nights have their
moments. On Monday there is
the topnotch Studio One" plus
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts"
and 1.-THE Goldbergs," to name a
couple of others. Tuesday is Mil
ton Berle night, when he gets
back from Florida, but it also has
Actors Studio" and 'Fireside
Theater." On Wednesday Godfrey
is back again with variety show.
and there's wrestling, which has
less variety but still is often quite
a show. Thursday has Inside
q. S. A., Author Meets the Crit
ics," Ed Wynn and Wendy Barrie.
Friday will bring you I'VE. the
People" and another top-ranking
dramatic show, Ford Theater."
On Saturday night Meet the
Press" and who Said That?" are
a pair Of half hours you won't
want to miss.
There are some daily shows
Lucky Pup" "Kukla, Fran and
Ollie" "News Caravan" ETC.
that you'll grow to like. too, plus
miscellaneous sporting events and
a thing called the Roller Derby.
which will fascinate you and irri-
tate you with yourself for paying
any attention to it. There is. you
will find, plenty of reason why
this was a good Christmas to sue
cumb to the TV urge. There is no
reason why you should have
waited any longer. no matter
what the diehards says.
Buck Benny Rides High.
The results Of the annual Mo-
ton Picture Daily-Fame poll were
announced at midweek. Jack
Benny landed in the top Cham
pion of Champions" spot in the
radio division for the second con-
Secutive year and also was listed
as the top comedian for the Sec
ond year., In television Milton
tBerle came away with most Of the
honors, to wit: Best network pro-
gram, best television performer,
best variety program, best comedy
show.
Studio One" was voted tele-
Visions best dramatic program.
with "Television Playhouse" and
Ford Theater" in the place and
show spots. Dave Garroway was
voted the most promising male
star, Felicia Montealegre the most
promising feminine star, Crusade
in Europe" the best educational
or public service program, "Who
Said That?" the best quiz show
and 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie" the
best children'S show.
] Bing Crosby came away with
three top spots in the radio poll.
He was voted best master Of cere-
monies, best male vocalist and
film personality most effective in
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