Evening star., 1952-02-01
On the Air
Boree Aims
| Better TV
AT the Young
By Harry Macarthur

with whips.
Borge, Of course. while he may
Ibe the first to summon such
classical support, is not the first
to show concern over the diet O1
violence, gunfire and bloodshed to
which the young are exposed in
old serials and new T'V programs
The satirist Is certainly one Of the
first III the television comedy
trade. however. to propose some
action about children's- TV fare.
The problem has come to him
lat home, where his 6-year-old
twins, Ronald and Janet. watch
their television, and it has come
Ito him by mail and by word Of
mouth.
Parents have written to me and
stopped me on the street." he re-
ports, "and usually what they
have TO say is. how can we get
something else for our children?"
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As a consequence OF 1t all, Borge
now is at work on two TV pro-
gram series aimed at least in part
lat the young audience. t"Nobody.
he adds, of course, "iS going to
chase away adultS."1
"Concretely I cannot say what
our two ideas are until the pro-
grams are completely in readi-
ness" he says. "The only reason
Il mention them now is to show
there is thinking along other lines
for childfen's programs which can
be amusing and Informative. One
|of my shows is partly musical,
|centered around the piano. The
other is a type Of storytelling
which children miss but which has
become a lost-hahit for parents
who no longer I'LL this void be-
cause the art Of ry-telling at
home has almost disappeared"
The Danish comic is in no hurry
to resume as a TV regular since
lhe feels that television 'is going
to be with us a long time, so why
break your neck to do it now, this
minute, unless it can be done
lproperly?"
Borge is carrying on discussions
with one of the networks which
could lead to a contract as a pro-
Educer as well as an entertainer.
but he is not rushing into any,
thing which might restrict his
freedom. Meanwhile, his Concerts
lin Comedy continue, he has a date
with the Waldorf Astoria on Feb
|ruary %. and a London appear
|ance in the spring is probable II
|TV plans do not jell by then.
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COrrection-Note from Warren
IBoorom of WTOP: "Hey! Ginger
Rogers is our girl" Meaning that
she will start a regular program
series in April on CBS-TV. not
NBC-TV as this betraying type
writer said. Sorry. fellows. Some
times it just seems that NBC-TV
hires everybody. What other net
work would pay Fred Allen $4,000
a week, Jerry Lester $4,000 a
week and Dagmar $4,000 a week to
be stars without programs?
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Week End Guests:
TOmorrow-Chet Allen, with
Olsen and johnson, on "All-Star
Revue" (WNBW-8 p.m.)
Ruby Keeler, Buster Keaton, Ra-
mon Navarro and Ronald Reagan,
i'm "a Salute to the Movie Indus
try" on '"The Ken Murray Show
(WTOP-TV-8 p.mo Teresa
Wright, on "Your Show of Shows
(WNBW-9 p.m.) Senator
Margaret Chase Smith and Drucie
Snyder Horton, in a tribute to
Washington on Faye Emerson S
Wonderful Town" (WTOP-TV-
10 pm.) :. Harold Stassen, speak
ing from New York (WTTG-11
Ipm).
Sunday - Evelyn Knight. on
I"Quiz Kids (WTOP-TV-3 p.m.l
Sarah Churchill. in Florence
Nightingale" on ''Hall Of Fame"
(WNBW-3:30 pm.) -. Mary
Mayo and Bill Callahan, on 1.-THE
Paul Whiteman Revue" (WMAL-
ITV-7 pn1.) :. Kay Ballard, Pee
Wee King and Milton Berle, on
Royal Showcase" (WNBW-7
pm) -. June Havoc, Martha
Wright and Pat Rooney, on "This
lis Show Business" (WTOP-TV-
|7:30 p.m.) $. Donald O'Connor,
lon 1.-THE Comedy Hour" (WNBW
l-8 p.m.) .. Beatrice Lille, in
"The Beatrice Lille Story" on
'Toast of the Town" (WTOP-TV
l--8 p.m.) -. Neva Patterson and
Walter Nathan, in Tour OF
Duty" on 'Television Playhouse
(WNBW-9 pm.) =. Lisa Kirk
and Jerry Colonna, on Celebrity
Time" (WTOP-TV--10 plm.).
Monday-Richard Carlson, In
t"The Pier" on hollywood Screen
TEST" (WMAL-TV-7:30 pL1l.D
Geraldine Brooks and Robert
Preston, In Kelly" on "Video
lTheaters (WTOP-TV-S p.m0 -,
Bidu Sayao. ON "voice OF Fire
stone" (WNBW-8:30 p.m.) =.
Raymond Massey, in ''The Chain,
lon Lights Out" fWNBW--9 p.m.)
|. Kim Hunter and Lloyd
Bridges. in rRise Up and Walk,
story of a polio victims fight
against the disease, on Robert
montgomery Presents" tWNBW--
1880 pm.) -. Balleri1a Tranquil
Lee Clercq and Marc Platt. In "a
Candle for st. jude" on Studio
lone" (WTOP-TV-10 pm0.