Evening star., 1951-04-27
By Harry Macarthur

l
lowed by a strained period wher
Mr.. Lester did not see eye to ey'
with his critics. That was /;
lgreat show, he is reported tt
have thought, and any one whit
said otherwise was, fatty, wrong
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Most recently there was re.
port that a TV comedian was not
doing right by his comedienne
This did not name any names, but
Immediately after it appeared ir
print, Mr.. Lester began bringing
lDagmar on in plenty of time tt
complete her contribution to hi.
show without being interrupted by
the commercial.
The present state of Jerry Les
ter affairs is being described
around NBC as Operation Panic
according to the latest issue OF
Variety. the journal of show busi-
ness. The reported trouble this
time is that the comic wants to
take a summer vacation. "Open
House" is sponsored. however, by
Ia maker of no-return bottles and
by brewers in the areas where the
show is seen.
Summer is the big season for
these people. The selling point for
those plastic bottles is taking on
Ia new meaning. The ultimatum to
Mr.. Lester, Variety says, is stay
on through the summer or no re-
turn is necessary.
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Fair Warning: The proximity of
this note to mention of Broad
way Open House" is. please be as
|Sured. strictly accidental. Earnest
A. Hooton, the noted Harvard an
Ithropologist, was casting a dim
eye on television the other day
according to word from Cam
bridge, Mass. which you may
have missed. Television, he said
will reduce mankind to complete
illiteracy."
This reduction was started, he
noted. by the movies and radio
but television will deliver the finsI
blow. People can't read now" he
complained and went on to say
that thinking is in as much dan
ger as reading.
The majority of mankind hasn't
been given to thinking, anyway
the scientist admitted, but addes
that modern communication ha.
given more impetus and greater
uniformity to the "mouthings ot
propaganda slogans"
He's no Roller Derby" fan, /.
he?
Week End Guests:
Saturday: Nancy Carroll, stag.
and screen star. in when Wife,
Away" on "The Faith Baldwin
IITheater of Romance" (WMAL
lITV-11 a.m.) >. Phil Regan
IISlapsie Make Rosenbloom, SINCE
Dolores Gray, on the Jack Carte
segment of 1.-THE Saturday Nigh
Revue" (WNBW-8 p.m.)
Don Ameche, on "The Ken Muir
ray Show" (WTOP-Tv-8 pm.
|. Dagmar. on 1.-THE Frank Sin
atra Show" (WTOP-TV-9 pm.
J.. :. Wendy Barrie. on "You,
Shows of Shows" (WNBW -
p.m).
Sunday: Senators Kefauver
Tobey, Wiley. O'Conhor and Hunt
discussing the recommendation:
of the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee. on American Forum
of the Air" (WNBW-1:30 PM
+. Jeanne Cagney and Cesar
Romero, in 1.-THE Big Hello,' or
Bigelow Theater" (WTOP-TV-
s p.m) Joan Bennett anc
John Loder, in a scene from A. A
Mines Michael and Mary" or
"Showtime !. U. S. A." (WMAI
l. Tv - 7::30 p.m.) Heller
O'Connell and Dick Stables or
chestra, in support of Dean Martir
and Jerry Lewis. on COMEDY
Hour" (WNBW-s p.m.) :. Mel.
son Olmsted, in Conrad Aiken's
"Mr. Achlaris," on "Televisior
Theater' (WNBW-9 p.m.) =.
Wally Cox, on "Garroway-at.
Large" (WNBW-10 p.nl.).
Monday: Frederic March ant
Florence Eldridge, in 'The
Speech" on "video. Theater'
(WTOP-TV-8 PM i. Lee J
Cobb. in '"The Moon and Six
pence" on Somerset Maughan
Theater" (WNBW - $50 PM
|. Maria Riva and Barry Kroe.
ger, in Portrait by Rembrandt,
on Studio One" (WTOP-TV-
10 p.m)
Saturday Special: Mrs. Nit.
lchell E. Giblo, the Aunt Helen O.
I"All About Korea" will do hel
defective demonstration for chill.
ldren of the superiority of dem
|ocracy to communism on the pro.
gram tomorrow. The weekly show
is seen at pm. Saturdays or
IWMAL-TV.
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