Evening star., 1951-11-16
Everybody "a
Has His Own
Troubles
By Horry Macarthur

|inherits the Brooklyn Dodgers, If
television wants to poke right
back.
The "Rhubarb" comment on
television consists of movie ver-
sion Of a baseball telecast, COM
plete with wavering pictures
Imarred by galloping lines. This
meets varying reactions and some
unbiased observers have gone so
far as to report themselves
amused.
An advertising man who came
upon "Rhubarb" the other night
was not amused, however. Pro-IV
by occupation if not by incllna-
/ ton, he felt that a campaign OF
libel was being conducted. He
sat there fuming and getting an
grier by the minute as the movie
account of baseball by televislon
continued.
His blood pressure almost blew
the safety valve when the MIN
showed the games crucial mo-
ment interrupted by a singing
commercial. The ad man knew
that not even a sponsor would
go that far and there is man
here in town who shall be name
less out of charity who can back
him up. Three years ago this
man officiating at a Redskins
football telecast. threw in
filmed commercial when time out
was called. He sat there horrifled
as time was called right back in
and a Redskin galloped for a
touchdown (this was three years
ago, remember) while the view
ers at home sat there watching
that commercial.
He has not been allowed (a) to
go near a football telecast since.
or (b) to forget.
Our ad man was saved by fate.
though. Just as he was about to
blow his stack over "Rhubarb."
the rock boomeranged and crashed
right through its thrower's green
house. The giant movie screen.
only fit receptacle for spectacle,
went blank. Trouble in the pro-
lection booth.
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No Bargain-Further evidence
of the impact of television in un-
expected quarters was discovered
in New York recently by Phil Ben
jamin, a casting director for Uni
versal International. the movie
studio. He was there trying to
corral 80 actors for small parts in
Red Ball Express" story Of the
Motor Transport Corps in World
War II, to be made at Fort Eus-
It's, Va. He was offering trans
portation both ways, all expenses
and S55-a-day. No takers. All
the actors said it was too easy to
get $l00-a-day TV jobs without
leaving home, or Times Square.
Weekend Guests
Tomorrow-Admiral Chester w.
Nimitz, Admiral William F. Halsey
and Vice Admiral Harry Wilbur. in
a salute to the Navy on The
Ken Murray Show" (WTOP-TV
3 PM Danny Thomas,
with Kay Starr as guest. on ALI
Star Revue" (WNBW-8 p.m0
Jean Pierre Aumont. Jean
and Helene Francoise,
Joining Faye Emerson in a salute
to Paris on Wonderful Town"
(WTOP-TV-9 PM Nina
Foch, as guest hostess on Your
Show of Shows" (WTOP-TV-10
pmD.
Sunday - Eric johnson, on
American Youth Forum" (WNBW
$50 p.m0 Russell Grouse,
with Sarah Churchill (WTOP-TV
-6:45 p.m.D Iona Massey
and Dick Haynes. on Star of
the Family" (WTOP-TV-6:3G
p.m.) :. Jerry Lester. on Sound
Of Time" (WNBW-7 PM u.
Jane Froman, on "The Paul
Revue" (WMAL-TV-
7 PM :. Connie Russell. Fran
cis L. Sullivan and Bill Callahan.
on This Is Show Business"
(WTOP-TV-7:30 p.m0 Alb
bott and Costello, with Louis Arm
strong. on THE Comedy Hour"
(WNBW-8 p.m) :. Alfred Lunt,
Massey, James Mason.
Pamela Kellino, Humphrey Bo-
CART, Helen Hayes and others, in
The Robert E. Sherwood Story" ="
on Toast of the Town" (WTOP-
Tvs PM :. Neva Patterson
and Paul McGrath. in "A Little
Night Music" on ''Television Play
house" (WNBW-9 PM :. June
Havoc and Adolph Menjou. on
celebrity Time" CWTOP-TV-10
PM =. Joe Laurie. jr.. on Leave
1t to the Girls" (WNBW-10:30
p.m).
Monday-Kent Smith. on "Hol-
lywood Screen Test" (WMAL-TV
.7:30 PM .. Richard Greene,
Robert Sterling and Lola Albright,
in "Stolen Years" on "Video The
ater" (WTOP-TV-8 PM =.
Jussi Bjoerling. on "Voice of Fire
stone" (WNBW-S:30 p.mD =.
Eddie Albert. in Friday, the 10TH"
on Lights Out" (WNBW-9 p.m.)
Vanessa Brown and Boris
Karloff,' in THE Kimballs," on
Robert Montgomery Presents"
(WNBW-9:30 pmD Carol
Bruce. in THE King in Yellow"
on Studio One" (WTOP-TV-
10 p.m.).
Playing 1t Safe-You're not 60
ing to catch Russ Hodges, your
sports announcer, in any
controversies over the pronuncia-
tion of place names. Mr.. Hodges
hedged with admirable aplomb,
several sets of ears agreed, when
he was launching the first West
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