Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-09

from Brooklyn met her true love
at q wake.
The discovery which worries
Miss Davis. though, is that al
most 80 per cent of the women
who took time to write first met
their husbands on a bus. Cupid,
she is afraid, must have taken
quite a beating during the New
York bus strike.
Neutrality-suspicious. rang
at 6 o'clock the other morning at
WTOP and Ted Lingo answered.
This WTOP?" asked unidenti-
fed caller.
YES" answered announcer
Lingo.
II been liss'ning all night and
you haven't got a pitchur. No
pitchur."
Picture? But this is wTOP
RADIO"
Cali night. All night. All I get
is sound and no pitchur."
But SIR" protested Mr.. Lingo.
I'm the first place, you are talk
ing to WTOP radio. In the Sec
ond place, WTOP television isn't
on yet this early in the morning"
Don't tell me what's going
on. fellah!" said unidentified
caller sternly. "You just got a
weak signal. thass all. JUS a
weak signal"
PREFERENCE - Mary Hart
line. the blond beauty of Abe
TVS Super Circus" has received
all sorts Of accolades for her
decoration Of that program. The
most Cherished, she might con-
flde in you, came from As Ma
rines at the Ell Zorro Marine
Air Base. after careful consid-
eration," they wrote, I'VE have
decided that we definitely prefer
you to the Marine Band" Coun-
try's safer than you think.
FAR-SIGHTED That house
William Bendix and his TV fam
lily occupy on NBC-TV's Life Of
Riley" is no movie set. There
were times, though when Pro-
Queer Tom Mcknight thought he
might have to build one. Spent
weeks searching for miles around
for IAN ideal typical home" for
the Rileys. Had no luck at all
until he looked right where you
might guess-across the street
from the Hal Roach studios,
where the Riley series is filmed.
ARTISTS MODEL - In the
course Of the normal commerce
of the city an artist at an ad-
vertising agency was assigned
the chore of drawing q picture
Of Pick Temple. It was a rush
job. with q deadline more immi-
nent than most-and there were
even more serious problems.
Most serious was the fact that
WTOP-TV's Capital cowboy and
folk singer couldn't get to the
agency, pose and get back to
the studio 40 blocks away in
time for his 4 pm. show. Quick
conference settled everything.
For the first five minutes Of his
show. Pick posed. Artist watched
television and drew. Deadline
was met.
COMMUTER - There is one
thing you had better not do If
you like the slippers and hearth
side. That's become a television
producer. At least you had bet
ter not become a TV producer
of 1.-THE Comedy Hour" unless
you like travel. Sam Fuller, exec
qtive producer Of the NBC-TV
show, while rotating Jimmy Du-
rante, Tallulah Bankhead, Mar
tina Raye and George Jessel, also
alternateS between the New York
and Hollywood studios. Two or
three coast-to-coast trips a week
are considered routine in Mr..
Fuller'S present schedule. Last
time he added it up he figured
he had travelled the equivalent
Of six times around the world
on Comedy Hour" business.
SPRINGBOARD-The veteran
ABC-TV program, Hollywood
Screen Test" does live up to its
name. The list of aspirants to
Stardom who have won the at
tention of Hollywood on It in
cludes Patrice Wymore, Ava Nor
ring, Butch Cavell, Tony Rettig,
Harvey Lembeck and Grace
Kelly. Latest total of those get
ting screen parts after this TV
assist by Neil Hamilton is SIS.
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