Evening star., 1953-03-19


Eisenhower, then head of tn,
Crusade. Former President Tru.
man also has commended Mr.
Mack, he for a Mack tour of mill.
tary installations in Europe two
years ago. The Amateur Hour
head man has received hundreds
of citations for his public service
efforts. too, from veterans groups
fraternal organizations. heads oil
leading faiths, universities anc
other educational institutions
The Amateur Hour" VIP shows
done in Washington for charity
have had the highest Govern
ment officials as cast members
A further refutation of that
story only a few OF the hyster-
ically gullible could have believed
in the first place anyhow is the
chore presently engaging Mr.
Mack. His return to television
will coincide with his return from
Korea. Few go voluntarily to
Korea.
Mr.. Mack did. to entertain
troops, under the auspices OF
USO Camp Shows. He took with
him messages from Speaker
Joseph w. Martin, jr., Senator
Alexander Wiley and Represent
ative Dewey Short. Before he de-
parted. he was briefed by Car
dinal Spellman, recently returned
from the battle areas.
In bringing Mr.. Mack and his
Amateur Hour" back to tele-
vision. NBC is assuring itself of
a ready made audience for that
Saturday half-hour. If it now in
stalls lone Mans Family" in the
8 o'clock niche, it may have just
the competition for Jackie
Gleason.
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BACK TO NORMAL-As a
service to those televiewers who
can't remember to turn on the
radio for CHS Eric Sevareid,
here is part of what he had to
say the other night. "The coun-
try is on the road back to norm
alcy," is what he said, fatty. He
had just seen (a) a photograph
of the President wearing five
gallon hat and CO. the an
nouncement of a coaSt-to-coast
bunion derby.
'Normalcy was Florida real
estate and Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson, who disappeared into
the ocean and reappeared on the
DESERT" said Mr.. Sevareid. Nor
malcy was the great rash of flag
pole sitting and the apotheosiS
of the noble Shipwreck Kelly,
who outsat them all, until a
lesser breed of men reduced the
art to sitting in tree houses. {.
Those were the days of action,
when q young couple had spunk
enough to shuttle around the
floor of a dance marathon, days
on end"
Those also were the days of
the first man to drive a car back
wards across the United States,
the first to fly 100 loop-the-
loops in succession, the first to
swallow a whole school of gold
fish, the first to walk up Pixies
Peak on his hands. Those were
the days, too, when this re-
porter shook hands with Jack
Dempsey and refused to wash
his right hand for week there
after"
1--WE welcome the new bunion
derby and Ike's Stetson hat"
Mr.. Sevareid concluded, "as
steps in the right direction, back
to the days of glory"
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PROGRAM NOTES - NBC-
TVS Comedy Hour" will be 100
performances old with next Sun
days telecast and the anniver-
Sary will be marked with proper
festivity. The cast on this mo-
occasion will be headed
by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello,
Eddie Cantor. Bob Hope, Dean
Martin and Jerry Lewis, and
Donald O'Connor, the first time
all of the programs stars have
been gathered for one perform
ance. -. Bing Crosby and Dinah
Shore are trading guest appear
anceS. She will be his guest to-
night on radio tWTOP, $500
and Bing will visit 'Dinah at the
start Of her new radio series
Monday on NBC. Another
Ballet Theater item-AgneS de
Miles Three Virgins and a
Devil" - is scheduled as an
Omnibus" feature Sunday
(WTOP-TV). Dancers in the
title roles will be Miss de Mile,
Lucia Chase, Janet Reed and
'Ylrek Lazowsky. S. This pro-
grams regular audience right
now. incidentally, is estimated at
10 million viewers. Soma
Henie's ''Ice Revue of 1858" will
take over the "All-Star Revue"
hour Saturday at 8 tWNBW).
Pert Leslie Caron, one Of
the finest exports the French
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