Evening star., 1951-08-20

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himself adjacent to a pair of Mar
tin and Lewis admirers, young,
feminine type. during showing
of the Martin-Lewis movie, That's
My Boy" Like all others to whom
Iroquois means theater as well as
Indians, our man feels twlnge OF
horror when fire and theatcr are
mentioned in the same paragraph.
You can understand, then. that his
fear of what television comedy is
doing to the younger generation
was genuine when he overheard a
snatch of conversation from the
nearby Martin-Lewis fans.
wouldn't it be funny" one
stage-whispered to the other, IF
right in the most exciting part OF
the picture. the theater burst into
f1ameS!"
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The Viewers Friend: This same
operative has just about decided
that Arch Mcdonald, the local
SportScaster, is his favorite person.
ality in all broadcasting. Mr.. Nc
Donald, he has concluded, is on our
side and he gleefully reports a bit
Of whispered, of mike dialogue he
overheard the other night while
watching a baseball telecast, with
his ear obviously glued to the loud
speaker.
Hey. how about the CONNER
Icial?." somebody whispered to Mr..
Mcdonald in some concern.
"Ah, let it co." Mr.. Mcdonald
whispered right back, grandly.
He'd better be careful about this
sort Of thing, Arch had. Man who
keeps the sponsor from interrupt
ing too often can go around Great
ing all sorts of good will for him.
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Substitute: List of laSt-minute
program changes from a television
station starts with this one: KILL
Americas Health'-Insert Ballots
for Beauty"
It's a shame we can't be pretty
and healthy. too.
Last Match: One man who
ought to get to work on his auto
biography is Tim Moore, who plays
the Kingish on the television ver-
sion of Amos m Andy" He has
full storehouse of yarns about
the years when he was a boxer.
progressing from the bantam to
the heavyweight class, the latest
of which has to do with the one
wrestling bout in his career.
Happened in London one time.
He was matched against wrestler
who wasn't told, as had been
agreed, that Mr.. Moore was an
amateur at the sport and that he
should, therefore, take it easy with
him. The wrestler went to work
and within two minutes had tossed
Moore from the ring. 1t was a
Moore full Of rage who bounced
back, swung a left hook to the
mark and kayoed his wrestling op-
ponent. Never wrestled again.
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Too Realistic: 1t is Johnny Lee,
who plays Attorney Calhoun on
that same amos m Andy" show
who thinks today he may be get
ting a little too much realism into
his acting. He has just received a
fan letter. which reads, in part:
"I am just wondering if in the
next 90 days I can get you to rep
resent me. After listening to your
pleadings, I have decided that you
are the only lawyer who can do
me any good, as I hit a police
cruiser car. You have got George
(Kingfish) and Andrew (Andy)
out of so many close calls I feel
sure you can help me in some
way"
Mr.. Lee feels that this is too cicse
a call and he's sorry but there
isn't much he can do for a man
who had the bad judgment to hit
police cruiser car.
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Teller of Tales: Anna Lee. the
actress, has come up with a small
problem. Miss Lee appears each
week on the panel Of "lt's News to
Me-" the show on which the ran-
elists try to confuse audience par
ticipants with tall tales when they
can't actually identify news events
suggested by clews. Miss Lee is
quite tall tale teller when the oc-
casion demands. The complication
is that her six-year-old daughter,
Caroline, is regular Monday
night viewer of the program.
Caroline caught on quickly. She
recently greeted her parent with
the straight-faced declaration:
'Mommie, I just saw lavender
horse, with an orange name and
green hoofs."
Why Else?: Gordon MacRae, the
singing actor. reports that a Holly
wood restaurateur was crying on
his shoulder the other day. "If you
haven't any customers, why do you
stay open?" MacRae asked him.
The man looked at him sadly.
Because" he said. Il can't al
ford to eat out"