Evening star., 1951-05-18
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Here, Too
By Harry Macarthur

By Harry Macarthur
Arthur Godfrey has reached a
new pinnacle and May, 1851, must
be set down as a historic month in
television. Godfrey was aiming, or
at least hopefully dreaming Of.
the big time those not t-too-many
years ago when he was a young
radio announcer here freshly as
signed to the early shift. Yet,
he couldn't have dreamed, that
morning when he first publicly
derided the allegely white bear
which served to identify the es-
Establishment of local furrier, that
he would reach the heights he has
now reached.
Godfrey has been big man
around CHS for some time, of
course, He is the only entertainer
in the business with enough en-
ergy and enough popular appeal
that he can go on and on airing
a daily radio show and two tele-
vision shows every week. 1t turns
out to have been in May. 1851,
however, that he was destined to
shake the television world.
Arthur Godfrey's Talent
Scout" was given a AT rating
Whatever that means) in the
Trendex network survey for May.
while Milton Berle's Star The
ater" drew only 43.5 whatever
that means). Whatever they both
mean. Godfrey's is higher than
Berle'S
This is not the first time Berle
has slipped out of the top spot in
one rating or another, but it's the
first time a regularly scheduled
show has bested him. 1t has al
ways been prize fight before this.
"a fight Nouis-Agramonte) is
given first place in the May
ITrendex ratings, for that matter.
dropping Berle back to show posi-
Ition. But Godfrey still topped
Berle and they can't take that
away from him.
Week End Guests:
Saturday: Luise Rainer, in
women Overheard" on 1.-THE
Faith Baldwin Theater Of Ro-
nance" (WMAL-TV-12::30 pmD
:. Film Star Susan Douglas, on
THE Laraine Day Show (WMAL-
TV-1 p.m). -. The Song Spin
Iners. six-voice singing group. on
THE Victor Borge Show"
]: (WNBW-7 p.mD. Don Nc
Neil and son. on THE Sam Leven-
son Show" (WTOP-TV-7 pm).
/. Ella Raines and Duke 'Elling-
ton. on "The Ken Murray Show"
j (WTOP-TV-8 pmD. Cesar
Romero. on THE Jack Carter
Show" (WNBW-8 PM. ). Sig
me Hasso, on Your Show of
Shows" (WNBW-9 PM.
i Sunday: Ward Bond. in "His
Brothers Keeper" on "Bigelow
ITheater" tWTOP-TV-6 p.m0.
Isabel Bigley, Helen Gallagher
and Harold Lang, on THE Paul
Whiteman Revue" (WMAL-TV-
z p.m.). Mary Livingstone and
Bob Crosby, on THE Jack Benny
Show" (WTOP-TV-7:30 PM.
Jane Morgan. Dean Martin
and Jerry Lewis. on "The Comedy
Hour" (WNBW-8 PM. Mimi
Benzell. Johnny Desmond and
Billy DeWolfe. on Toast of the
Town" (WTOP-TV-8 p.m.).
Joseph Buloff, in Justice and Mr..
Pleznick," on "Television Play
house" (WNBW-9 pmD. Bill
Baird's marionettes, Betty Logue
and Irwin Corey. of the cast of
'Flahooley," on ''The Fred Waring
Show" (WTOP-TV-9 p.m). =.
Dorothy Sarnoff of 1.-THE King and
I" and Robert Aida of Guys and
Dolls" on Celebrity /. Time"
(WTOP-TV-10 PM.
Monday: Wendy Barrie, on
Hollywood Screen Test" (WMAL-
TV-7:30 p.m) :. Evelyn Reyes,
in wild Geese on "Video
Theater" (WTOP-Tv-s p.m.)
=. Christopher Lynch, on. "Voice
of Firestone" CWNBW, WRC-
$3.50 p.m.) -. Gene Lockhart and
Daughter June, appearing to-
gether for the first time, in 'The
House Of Seven Cables" on
Robert Montgomery Presents"
(WNBW-9:30 pmD Maria
Riva and Murray Mathewson, in
"A Chance for Happiness, on
Studio One" (WTOP-TV-10
p.m).
More Godfrey: The observance
of Armed Forces Day at Boiling
Air Force Base tomorrow after
noon will be televised by CHS
from 2:30 to 5 o'clock. (WTOP-
TV will carry the special telecast
from 2::30 to 4:30) The program
will include flights of the latest
type jet planes and bombers and
will be climaxed by an air-sea
rescue demonstration and para
chute drop of men and equipment.
One of the jets will be piloted
by Comdr. Arthur Godfrey,
U. S. N. r., who checked out as
fire can jockey at Pensacola last
January. Godfrey isn't on every
CHS show; it just seems that he
is.
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