Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-20
On the Air
Gene KIuvun
Leads Busy
Life on TV
On the Air
By Harry Macarthur

Gene klavan, who came a little
late to television, has suddenly be-
come one of the towns buster peo-
pie in it. In addition to his regu-
lar radio chores (WTOP-MondGy
through Friday. 1890 to 2 am;
Saturday. to 5 PM, Klavan
now has three television shows,
one here, one in Baltimore and a
third on a three-station network,
seen in Washington, Baltimore
and Philadelphia.
Since all of these are done or
Saturday and Sunday, week end
with Mr.. Klavan is not exactly
a rest cure. 1t is, in fact, amazing
that he remembers where he is
and what he is supposed to be
doing on those two days when he
lis in television's clutches.
He starts the busy schedule at
$50 am. Saturday with a re-
hearsal of Happy Town" the net
work show, which originates st
WTOP-TV, and goes right from
rehearsal to show. from II to 1870
am. At pm. he starts prepara-
ton of the afternoon radio pro-
gram, an hour at A. He's back in
the studio at 8 pm. to get ready
for Saturdays broadcast of "Capi-
tai Punishment" from 1890 to 2
am.
On Sunday, Mr.. Klavan is UP at
8, off to Baltimore at 9 for the
rehearsal of Talent Express" on
WEALTH from II to 12:45. Back
at WTOP-TV at 2 twhen he makes
IT'D he starts Immediately to re-
hearse for Movie Museum. which
is seen from 3 to $3.50. At 5 o'clock
Sunday afternoon he's back home,
starting to worry about what he
will do Monday night on Capt
tai Punishment"
And all he gets for all of this is
money.
Correspondence Department: A
note that just sailed over the par
tition reads: Dear Mr.. M: AS a
reactionary who listens to the
radio-the ear thing, you know
would like to tell you about Sir
Bengal Rau and me. He was on
Press Conference the other night
and, as Sir Bengal Rau fan, l
had to listen.
What listened to was series
of passionate questions to most of
which Sir Bengal replied, ap-
proximately:
"I would not care to discuss
that
Il do not think this is illuminat-
ing. Am I wrong?"
would not care to discuss that,
Mr.. Carmody.
There is also this message from
Dot S.: THE Victor Borge Show
Saturday was superb! Mr..
Borge is on my must list from now
on along with Jerry Lester
Obviously a woman of taste,
Dot S.
Explanation Department.: An
other Garry Moore admirer has
been sitting out there for several
weeks now. unhappy with this de-
partment and the time for doing
something about it is long past
due.
When you say" writes Mrs.
Joseph K. Ash, the best daytime
TV show on the air is not on the
air. you must not have seen the
Garry Moore Show. The rest are
pretty bad, but Garry's show is to
me the most amusing, the most
relaxing and the most entertain
ing, day or night"
All right. Garry Moore is Won
derful. Everybody keeps saying
that. That phrase, "the best
daytime show" should have been
inside of quotation marks. 1t was
not this departments idea; it
was only reference to the ironic
fact that Ransom Sherman
was dropped by NBC-TV Just be-
fore it was announced that he
topped the Fame Motion Picture
Herald poll in the daytime field
Premiere Department.: Radio
may not destroy material as fast
as television does, but its appetite
is voracious. NBC thinks it has
found a material source now in
the contemporary serious short
story" which it will use as the
basis for 'NBC Presents: Short
Story" which makes it's bow to-
morrow night at 1920 on NBC
CWRC).
Programs and People: Washing
ton Commentator Lief Ed has
taken on a weekly television show
(WNBW-Sunday, lis PM :.
Lenny Kent seems set as the
Monday-W Wednesday headliner on
broadway Open House" (WNBW
Ill PM. He should be around
for the next five weeks, at least
DuMont, which operates
WTTG here. has just added a
new outlet with the signing of
the first international affiliation
contract in TV. It will supply a