Evening star., 1951-05-01
On the Air
Some Day
Polls Nay
Finish TV
By Horry Macarthur

thinks maybe it is inevitably self
destructive. More and more peo.
ple are doing television shows al
the time and, as he sees it, the
day will come when everybody wit
be on television and there won I
be anybody left to watch it.
He is the same man who fore
sees the day when football viii,
have followed it's natural evolu-
ton and games will be sort of
chess matches, with maSter-mind
coaches sitting at a table match
ing plays, without using any play
ers at all. He may be right about
both football and television.
This department has a differ
|ent thought about the future OF
televiSion, however. The theory is
gaining ground around here that
television will rid itself of its
audience in another way. The da1
will come. the evidence indicates.
when people will be so busy voting
for their favorite TV program.
In polls that they will not have
any time left to watch their favor
lite programs.
The latest poll has been con
Quoted by Stylon News, a maga-
zine read by tile men. The favor
ite comedian of the tile men i,
Milton Berle and Ed Sullivan was
voted not only the best master Of
ceremonies but also the man VIII,
conducts televiSion's most whole
some program. The most origi-
nal program, the tile men decided
is Your Hit Parade"
These honors are nothing COM
pared to the one which has been
accorded Time for Beany." Ceci:
the Seasick Sea Serpent of Time
for Beany," has Just been selected
the favorite fictional character OF
the children of the fourth grade
Of Cleveland elementary schoo'
Visitors: A doll named Mary
Healy is in town humping tupS
and generally paving the way for
a visiting network radio show and
when such a lass has message
for the people there is no point
in trying to stop her. Miss Healy S
message is that Ronald Colmar
and Bonita Hume (Mrs. Colmanl
will be in Washington - should
in fact, already be hereto broad
cast Halls of Ivy" tomorrow
night CWRC-8 PM.
The Peabody award winning
program. credited with proving
that literate comedy can be done
on the radio. is coming here at
the invitation of the United
States Chamber of Commerce
The broadcast will originate ir
the Mayflower Hotel ballroom as
a highlight of the chambers an
nual dinner.
/ The program selected for thu
w h ington visit is a repeat
broadcast of an Ivy" episode
originally aired four weeks ago
The script deals with a problem
of vandalism at Ivy College" and
when first broadcast it won ar
avalanche of praise from listeners
x ~
Programs and People: It vii
be Ed Wynn's turn again tomor.
row night on -Four Star Revue
(WNBW-8 and he will have
Hermione Gingold, Constance
Moore and Dean Murphy ss
guests. You probably are familia,
with the latter two; Miss Moore
is the movie star and Mr.. Murphy
is the impressionist who was Pres
ident Roosevelt's favorite imper-
senator of President Roosevelt
Hermione Gingold. who will be
making her American TV debut
is recognized in many quarters
as "the funniest woman in Eng
land" WMAL-TV will tele.
wise a special program tomorrow
night at 8 on work done by Chill
dren's Hospital, now campaign.
ing for funds to finish three bad
ly-needed new buildings. "A
Date With judy will become an
ABC-teleyision show early r
June. The major problem right
now is casting the Judy role witt
the proper bouncy 16-year-old
|. mot for Publication" a new
drama series described as "video's
version of the short-short story.
starts tonight at 7:45 on WTTG
:. Brief Candle" will be tomor-
row nights "Television Theater'
play (WNBW-9 PM. with Iso-
bel Elsom, Mary Howard ano
Douglas Watson in leading roles
:. Two seasonal films on garden.
ing are scheduled for This is tht
Story" (WTOP-TV-12:30 p.m.)
The first. to be seen tomorrow, is
on "The Culture and Care OF
Roses" and the other is Lawn
Care" to be shown on May 8.
** **
Newcomers: Ernie Tannen. who
is Little Ernie on a program
called STORY Time" on WGAY
weekdays at $50 am, has juSl
heard from a Germantown md
family which reports he is theil
radio favorite. He is not sure
whether or not this has anything
to do with the fact that they just
bought their first radio a few
weeks ago.
Developments Awaited: A pub
licity note from Jerry Fairbanks
Inc, contains the advice that Lo's
January, radio and stage singer
will start a filmed TV show, Jan
uary's Calendar" in the fall. Mis-
January is described as "a fe.
male Arthur Godfrey" and if tina:
description was calculated to keet
this columnist on the edge of his
chair ouyo ifiy,0 hor IL hos corx,or