The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-10-04

bold fellow who dares to say, "A
thing like that couldn't happen"
1T just doesn't make sense" or
I'm not fool enough to swallow
that" Nobody is farther out on a
limb than a man who says There
r certain things that simply can't
be done." When you can sit in your
living room on the tip of Cape Cod
and see and hear an orator, a con-
vention, a clambake, a three-ring
circus, a fish fry or a peace confer
ence on the coast of California, it's
time to stop being incredulous.
Boy and man, we have been In on
many wonders. We have done our
share of blinking in amazefnent. We
can remember when autos fright
ened horses, when telephones
worked with cranks, when movies
were silent, when watches had to
be wound and when the idea Of a
talking picture seemed far fetched.
We have lived in the amazing era of
the clutchless car, the talking
movie, the guided rocket, the atomic
sub, the radio, the electric dish
washer, the canned egg, the plastic
shirt, the glass fishing rod and the
four-course dinner made of fibres,
but video from coast to coast has
definitely destroyed u resistance
to the Incredible.
When Luke Plunkett, in a hill
side shack in Ipswich, Mass,
can turn a lever and find him.
self in the twinkling of an eye
attending a global hassel in
Frisco, an EIks chowder party
in Los Angeles, a ball game in
Carson City, a horse race at
Santa Anita or a f%our-alarm fire
in Seattle it is time to admit
anything can happen and never
scott at miracles.
Harry Truman may 60 down in
history not so much al a President,
but as the first man to appear in a
transcontinenta1 video performance.
(Acheson really beat him by a head
his head came through pretty
good too but it was just a
flash.) 1t was Harry who will 60
down through the annals Of time
among the ~'.firsts." One hundred
years from now people may look
for him in vain among the Jacksons,
C%levelands, Roosevelts, Jolsons,
Watsons and first flivvers and find
him listed among the Barnums, the
Baileys, the Hammersteins and
whoever first ate a banana under
water in a glass tank.
TRUMAN, Harry S. - An
early American whose voice,
face and gestures first made the
journey from the Pacific to the
Atlantic Coast through a device
known rs video, which was con
sidered quite remarkable at the
time. He was five foot ten inches
tall, weighed 167 pounds, wore a
dark suit and a plain tie and
came through without interior
ence from Stop The Music"
Well, we thought Harry looked
fine in Frisco as seen On u screen
in Flatbush. Zone Of our neighbors,
a hopeless Tory, declared in fact,
that the farther away Harry is the
better he looks.) The President was
not awed by his historic place in
television and seemed no more ner-
vous than If a panel guest any
where. True, he lacked real video
showmanship in that he did not
dress in funny clothes for it, use any
Joe Miller gags, or employ a ballet
number. Here was a spot where
most people, given a chance on tele-
vision, would have worn a woman's
hat, come on with trousers rolled
up, thanked all mothers and faith
ers for allowing them into the living
room, asked the Riddles to eat their
cereal, offered a sheriff's badge in
a boxtop contest, thumbed a settler
bottle and wound up with "And
now, ladies and gentlemen, a real
surprise! It is a real privilege to
present that scintillating, sensation
al star of all continents, that really
talented, able, charming and YER
satile celebrity direct from the East
River -. MISS UNITED NATIONS
-. IN Persona"
OF course, following Harry the
show really went to town in video
fashion, many of the principals OBJ
viously fully conscious of video pos
sibilties and determined to give
show business something new.
There were times when we expected
some Of the guests to come. on with
a trained dog. Indian clubs or trick
bicycles. And toward the end Of the
week we rather longed for a speech
by Faye Emerson or Maggi Nc
Nellis. -.
Washington has named a board to
probe gambling in all sports, in
Guiding racing. The East and West
bound probers down there are now
colliding with the North and South
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