Evening star., 1951-01-11
On the Air
Careful, TV,
This May Be
Just q Trap
On the Air
By Harry Macarthur


about Hollywood becoming the fu-
ture center of television. Most of
this talk is done in Hollywood, but
television, in the innocence Of its
youth, may eventually believe it.
You may as we'll prepare yourself
then for an onslaught of enter
tainment dreamed up by the same
men who, as movie-makers,
haven't yet managed to satisfy,
consistently, very many people
over the age of consent or OF
reason.
The latest Hollywood project in
prospect for televiewers is one
some people think will be just the
thing for 'teen-agers. It is an ad-
venture series titled "The DAN
gers of Delilah," a sort of modern
day "Perils of Pauline" according
to advance word. The report at
hand says it is "patterened
frankly after the early-day film
thrillers, and stars Theodore
| Lynch, a delectable morsel who
can throw judo hold on black
hearted villain with the greatest
of ease"
This may, to be sure. represent
progress of a sort. Instead of old
old-time movies, the television
broadcasters can show us brand
new old-time movies. 1t is our
advice to television. however. to
be firmly suspicious of any
friendly offers of aid from Holly
wood. They may all be part of a
diabolical plot to drive people out
of their living rooms and back to
the movie theaters.
X y X
The first championship fight of
of the year will be on both radio
and television. This is, of course.
the Ezzard Charles-Lee Oma
match at Madison Square Garden
tomorrow night. It will be seen by
televiewers on NBC-TV (WNBW)
and will be described for radio
listeners on ABC (WMAL). both
starting at 10 D.m. This will be
Charles first TV appearance since
last September, when Joe Louis
proved to himself that he could
not lick Charles with one hand.
x x x X
That confusion between the IL
ties of "The Show Goes On" and
This Is Show Business" finally
has thrown the CBS-TV publicit q
department. A story has lust come
along which begins: Robert @
Lewis. star of CBS-Tv's "The
Show Goes On" celebrates the
shows first anniversary with a
special program on Thursday. jan
uary 49," Above this is the head
ing: Robert Q. Lewis This Is
Show Business Alumni In All
Star First Anniversary Show jan
uary 49,"
A stack of radio notes of local
interest has accumulated on the
desk and this seems to be a good
day Tor getting rid of them.
Edgar Bergen will bring his radio
troupe to Washington January
28 for a broadcast from the
Shoreham Hotel. Morton Downey
Will join him for this one show
:. Jerry Strong. WINK morning
man, is featuring a series of re-
corded interviews with Marines
wounded in Korea, on his 6 to
$50 am. program. The records
are given to the Marines fam
lilies after the broadcasts.
Howard Williams, one time WINK
announcer, best known for his
work with Bob Wolff on baseball
telecasts, is now in the WWDC
sales organization. s.. DR.. Alberto
Lleras, secretary general of the
Pan American Union will be the
guest speaker on the initial Pan
Americana" broadcast Saturday
at 4:3O pm. on WGMS, ex
WQQW. The program will be a
regular Saturday feature. Sun
day at Sis pm. VOL will orig
mate the first of a series, for the
Liberty Network, of U. S. Army
Band concerts, from Fort Myer.
. .WWDC's Felix Grant has
scheduled a series of jazz con-
certs (recorded) for m. listen
ers to his all-night show. The first
will be Benny Goodman's Car
negie Hall concert of 1898.
Harry Baker promises to dis
play new illusion called the
trans-spatial card reader trick,
which he does with his head in a
paper bag, on Magic in Motion"
tonight at GAS (WMAL-TV). En-
ploys a "Telesonic Brain Wave
Trap" Attributes his new ir-
vention in magic to a newspaper
report last week of an electronic
tranSmitter which broadcasts
brain waves and other normally
undetected nerve impulses from
the human body" With a straight