Evening star., 1953-06-24

NaSQ is q cutie l1CCle girl named
Buff Cobb, who contributes nose
wriggling. The master of cere-
monies is Doug Edwards, the
CHS newscaster, who seems a
bit solemn for the role.
Mr.. Edwards is a solid citizen
as newScaster. but he does seem
to be bearing the weight of the
world on his shoulders. Even
when he smiles, 1t is a somewhat
solemn smile. There is room, of
course. for the suspicion that Mr..
Edwards thinks all this MAS
querade Party" business is pretty
silly, but if he doesn't take the
money somebody else will.
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This game is played the way
all others of its ilk are played on
television-by having the panel
members ask questions in an at
tempt to learn something that
every one else knows. In this
case celebrities, painstakingly
transformed with makeup and
costumes, sit beside Mr.. Edwards
and answer questions through an
echo chamber microphone. The
panel has S minutes to guess the
identity of each.
The first guest on Monday
night was Mickey Mantle, wear
ing a lot of false hair and garb
of something in the vicinity of
the Elizabethan period. The clue
offered was that his costume
(cloak: mantle) had something
to do with his name. Miss Cobb
beat the clock.
An opera singer and her hus-
band. costumed as two charac-
ters in an opera in which she
once sang, almost beat the panel.
But Gloria Swanson disguised as
a Keystone Kop (this masquer-
ader started a movie career
working for Mack Sennett)
didn't fool Miss Chase for a
minute.
This seems a great deal of
foolishness to occupy the time
of grown men and women, but
these people seemed to be en-
jogging it. They enjoyed it a lot
more than one viewer, at any
rate. It may be, of course, that
the sponsor and the network
have surrendered to the delusion
that everybody has gone to the
beach. If nobody is paying any
attention but the actors. they
may as well have their fun.
But this will never take the
place of Scrabble.
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LET EN- UP!-Some days q
man just can't win. Last Sunday.
for example, an ad agency man
had to make a quick decision.
The Celebrity Parade for Cere-
bral Palsy on WNBW was sched-
uled to end at noon. Money was
coming in well. however, so the
ad man decided to donate some
of the sponsors time on "Your
Junior Revue" for cutbacks to
the telthon to keep interest
aroused.
The prompt result of that was
a flood Of calls from irate viewers
berating the sponsor for stealing
time for his commercials from
crippled children. It was the
other way around and Dennis
Dunn. TV production co-ordina-
tor for Cerebral Palsy, gives
those spots donated by "Your
Junior Revue" credit for boost
ing the total (more than $117:-
379) by several thousand dollars
No matter what some viewers
thought, Mr.. Dunn has extended
his thanks thusly:
"By interrupting Your Junior
Revue the drive exceeded our
expectations. All those who will
benefit from the Celebrity Pa
rade for Cerebral Palsy owe a
debt of thanks to Georges
Radio and Television Co. oi
Washington"
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PREMIERE-"Facts Forum, ,
new half-hour debate program
produced by Facts Forum, an
| e ducatio al institution with
headquarters in Dallas. Texas
win bow tonight at 9 on WNfAL-
TV. The program, filmed here In
Washington. features an un-
interrupted debate by two men,
berS Of Congress. Tonight's pre-
miere will have Senator Ellen
der and Representative John
Phillips debating tax problems
with Bob Lee acting, as mod
] orator. Subsequent films In the
series win be moderated by Dor
Smoot, who does q radio pro-
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