Evening star., 1953-08-18
On the Air

Fred Allen, lest you were con-
cerned, has not made his peace
with the vice presidents. It is
obvious that he still thinks some
of the rules of broadcasting are
petty and a joy to ignore. He
made this clear-and drew a
Nationwide gulp from John
Daly-when he appeared as the
mystery challenger" on whats
My Line?" Sunday night on
CBS-TV.
Mr.. Allen. tonight at 10 on
NBC-TV, finally is getting
around to the regular show his
health kept him from starting
last season. Herb Shriner took
over so successfully on the Mark
Goodson-Bill Todman 1.-TWO for
the Money" for which Allen
originally was scheduled, that
the boys had to dream up new
one for the nasal wit. This one
is called Judge for Yourself"
Since the new venture is a
Goodson- -Todman production. it
undoubtedly seemed fitting that
Mr.. Allen should do little at
tention-calling on the John DAILY
panel show. still another Good.
-Todman job. Well, CHS will
never thank whoever had that
idea.
All went we'll for awhile on
"What's My Line" Mr.. Aliens
identity was guessed-with that
undisguisable voice it didn't take
long-and Mr.. DAILY was politely
telling about the new show to
be seen Tuesday night ION an
other network The familiar
phrase was too much for the
comic.
"NBC," he interjected in a
loud. clear voice, a look of bland
innocence on his face. Mr.. Daily
gulped. though he couldn't have
been too concerned, being a vice
president OF ABC-TV himself.
Then he asked Mr.. Allen to tell
him about the program.
There isn't much to tell, Allen
drawled, except that it will be a
program and will be on NBC.
You could picture CHS vice pres
idents, in all echelons. staring
unbelievingly at their television
sets. as they did that day in
June up in Boston when the
Coronation Air Derby ended.
Mr.. Allen incidentally. has
passed along some word about
Judge for Yourself" Just in
case you think there's nothing
new under the sun, he wants you
to know that this show was
conceived by moonlight"
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HIS SIXTEENTH - Where
there is Hope there is life, ap-
parently, and radio isn't dead
yet. The American Dairy AS
sociation has purchased NBC's
Friday night Bob Hope Show
for So weeks starting September
25. This will be his sixteenth
radio season. His 1953-54 tele.
vision schedule calls for ap-
pearanceS once a month, alter.
mating with Milton Berle anc
the new Robert E. Sherwood
drama series on Tuesday nights
on NBC-TV.
PROJECTS AND PEOPLE
Comes further word about the
activities of Betty Madigan, one
time Washington songstress
She's singing on "The Ted Steele
Show" seen in New York only
via WPIX. and is reported tt
have signed for a musica
comedy telefilm series The
forthcoming ~. S. Steel Thea.
ter" on ABC-TV will be di.
rected by Alex Segal, one of thu
more expert practitioners in thu
field. His touch has been noteC
on Pulitzer Prize Playhouse,
"CelaneSe Theater," Omnibus.
"The Billy Daniels Show" ant
"The Aldrich Family" CHS
is progressing with compatible
color. Jerry Danzig has just
been appointed producer-in'
charge Of color programs for th'
network and presumably will
start to work to get some OF
the air. He was supervisor o.
color programs during the CHS
tests of its own system here anc
in New York. -. Barbara Brit.
ton. the Pam North Of tele.
visions "Mr. and Mrs. North
series, will take the Sd plunge
She will star opposite Johr
Kodiak in "Dragonf1y Squadron
as soon as she returns to Holly.
wood from New York. .. MAJ
Resnick will be given an Ameri-
canism award by Amvets, the
presentation to be made by Ma
tional Commander Marshall
Miller on the Reznick TV show
tonight at 1880 (WTTG).
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PROGRAM NOTES-A sort
of play within a play" will be
a special feature tomorrow on
Johns Hopkins Science Review
(WTTG, 8 PM. 1t grew out of
a sixth grade project at the an
nual summer school which Johns
Hopkins conducts for children
between 6 and IL. At the close
OF each session, the pupils in
each grade present a project
summing up the terms accom-
plishments. The sixth graders