Evening star., 1952-01-18
On the Air
|Sogebrush
Influence Is
Widespread
By Harry Macarthur

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ltelevision. They learn things to
help them with living. too. frivo-
I1ous though some of the things
they learn may be.
There is, for example, q young
man Of this departments acQuaint-
ance who, at the age of 2:
months, is well into the climbing
lor apeman stage, which has
driven parents frantic since the
beginning Of the race. He also, il
has developed. watches television
more closely than his parents have
suspected.
His mother found him the other
day high atop b sideboard, pre-
Iparing for the treacherous descent
under a handicap-a fist-full OF
hard candy in each hand. Mama
thought discipline in order and
summoned papa and the family
gathered round. The climber
surveyed his predicament, then in
the best Pick Temple manner
slowly waved his hand.
Hi, friends" he said, just like
Mr.. T. Brought down the house,
and saved him, all right.
| WTOP-TV's Mr.. Temple, as q
matter of fact, seems from scraps
of evidence gathered here and
there to have considerable effect
on the young of the town. An
other instance is reported by a
father who in turn, had been told
about it by his young son.
1t was hymn-singing time in
Sunday school, according to the
young man making this report,
and at the conclusion of the first
hymn the teacher asked what the
little dears would like to sing next.
Well, you guessed it: they had to
sing "On Top of Old Smokey"
before they could get on with
more pertinent music.
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FOrmula-n you think this
corner is occasionally bit harsh
with sportscasters, you ought to
hear Bob Wolff on the subject. Mr..
Wolff. now confirmed to a nightly
sportscast (WWDC, 6 p.m.) pend
ing the opening of the baseball
season, which will return him to
television, does not make any
specific charges against any other
members of his profession. His ap-
proach, rather, is the construc-
tive one, which leaves you free to
make up your own mind about
others in the trade.
"I think 1t probably is the
easiest thing in the world to be a
good sportscaster," Mr.. Wolff was
musing over, cold lobster. ANY
one could do it. There's just one
thing required-preparation.
Before ] did the Gator Bowl
for Mutual. for instance, I first
memorized the numbers OF all the
players, Then ! ran of films Of
each team playing in four different
games, so I didn't need the num-
bers I'd memorized. Anybody who
has seen q football team play four
different times can recognize
players from their size and shape
and the way they move.
"If you prepare yourself you
can't miss as a sportscaster. You
might make a couple of mistakes,
but the worst you can be is good"
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Week End GueSts-Tomorrow
Patti Page, the Honey Brothers,
Jack Norton, with Jack Carson,
on "All-Star Revue" (WNBW-8
lp.m). Estelle Sloan, Barbara
Ann Scott. Dell Wood and Dane
Clarke, on "The Ken Murray
Show" (WToP-TV-8 pm).
ISigne Hasso, as guest hostess with
Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar, on
"Your Show of Shows" (WNBW-
70 p.m.). Helen Forrest and
Mel Torme, on Songs for Sale"
(WTOP-TV-l0 p.m).
Sunday Prof. o. ]. Camp
bell of Columbia, discussing "The
Future of the Theater," on "Hori-
IONS" (WMAL-TV-1 p.m.).
Representatives John w. McCor-
mack and Charles A. Halleck. on
American Forum of the Air"
CWNBW-2::30 p.mD. >. Richard
Derr, Grace Kelly and Vinton
Hayworth, in 1.-THE Big Build-U %
on Sarah Churchill's "Television
Theater" (WNBW-3:30 p.m0. !.
Conrad Janis and his Tailgate
Jazz Band, in Careless Love-" on
'"Television Workshop" lWTOP-
ITV-4 p.m1. Senator Robert
A. Taft. on Meet the Press
(WNBW-4 p.m.). -. Butch Ca
veil. in "The Last of the Mohi-