Evening star., 1952-03-23
On the Air
You Gotto Give En- q Show
Is Burr TiIIstron1,s Theory
By Hcrry Macarthur

death ke Of Chicago television sounded every
@ a o R york q !. @
and indeed by Of their efforts in the field seem bent
win be too bad really II Hollywood ever funs its dream
Of becoming the fountainhead Of all our Tv Unless to
become sort Of home luke box with pictures teleyon had
best avoid the stamp Of any one locale
troupe rather strongly about this
Pc are always asking me about Chicago tslesisicn ne
alone that is It's in Detroit thydo ne things there
-. In Cincinnati. -. It's here in Washington.
ITS informal relaxed creative
people who enjoy their wrok and work well together.
but can't see it. The trouble with New York that you tend to
the kind Of people all the time people the theater
don't think could keep the fresh in that environ
new people and get new ideas"
So Who Needs Writers?
The informaly preparation "Kukla, and
Ollie" performance often mentioned but Of
the network executives who once sent Tsro pair Of script
writers Not knowing what to do with pair Of script writer's he
The actually It $50 the
night half an hour before air time when Tsom rose from
hate to say this he sad but we haven't got Show
conference between Tstrom
This not to say that thought and care do not 60 into each
Beuah Zachary and Director Lewis Gomawz exact
"oOmmy sometimes almost drives me crazy" said Trstrom
Dd notice how much time he spent lighting Fran Every
feel like saving s Look ok ommy we've y done thousand times
its going to be all right But know he didn't take such pains
There rehearsal every afternoon too mainly it
the mood kicking around
idea which might turn the air.
KukIopoitons Hove Unity,
The rehearsal used too. arranged
played by Fascnato sometimes problems
musical directors do not have At Wednesday afternoons
hearsa instance by Oe the dragon party
else seeking it, He wrenced heart in the audience
which included the every else around WBW who
could sneak away from work and into the studio.
Tstrom decided later that he liked the and might
Some time between $3.50 and out in the hail. 1t got into
the and emerged the air by Kula with voice and
timing entirely different from Olles.
The to how Tstrom manages to do this five nights
probably lies in the fact that the Kuklapoans
family They've been together long that they don't
surprise another. They work with complete unity
This wasn't just accident. know" said Tisom. ut
accidental chance that Fran happened
available willing the show But we're progressing
plan Each Of found the here to need within
There's A ReIoxed Air
unity life the "Kuka and Ollie" set lot
less hectic than other OF teeviSon Technical
II letting equipment work for rather than
working for it, is the Tnlstrom theory.
when we're doing show the creative part comes from me
from There's chance here for director who wants
to get creative with trick shots special effects must be kept
simple the do it. The in televsng Kuka Fran and
onie-what Gomy doess to pick up with the cameras the
show we do closely it is possible to do 1t.
Im show business way back. he said $50 is Beulah Our
Arst thought always is You gotta give 'em show"
It's goal the Kukapotans achieve with amazing regularity