Evening star., 1953-05-25
On the Air

may as we'll set 1888 down right
now as the year that became
noteworthy because one broad
casting network admitted that
another existed. You may
have trouble doing so. but you
can believe your ears when you
hear an ABC announcer say,
I'VE all miss you, Arthur. Hurry
up and get we'll and get back on
the job"
The Arthur is Arthur Godfrey,
an employe Of the Columbia
Broadcasting System, not the
American Broadcasting Co. .
He is, as any one in the country
who can read must know, now
in a Boston hospital for a series
of operations to correct the re-
suits of hip injuries suffered a
couple of decades back.
1t won't make things any bet
ter for ABC to have Godfrey
back. of course. CHS, in fact,
was made jittery by the thought
Of struggling along without him
for several months. Godfrey
is highly popular man, though,
not only with televiewers and
listeners. but with those in the
broadcasting trade as we'll. =.
Insiders know that Godfrey was
more concerned about these op-
erations than he indicated on
the air. There is possibility,
If they are not successful, that
he might not walk again.
So. Robert M. Weitman, ABC
vice president for talent and
programming, suggested the mo-
rale-building salute. You
can be sure you heard what you
thought you heard when you
hear somebody on an ABC tele-
vision or radio program send a
message of good cheer to Mr..
CHS.
RESULTS - Gene Archer,
WRC singer and record-spinner.
has contributed his talent to a
number of charity drives in his
years as one of Washington's
more popular entertainers. .
He really hit the jackpot the
other day, though. A guest
on his radio show was Margaret
E. Kennedy. economist and lee
turer, whom he interviewed
about the Washington Home
for FoundlingS. The inn
mediate result of the three
minute interview was a phone
call from Aubrey Lee of Arling-
ton. Va, who offered the found
ling home the stock of a gift
shop he had decided not to re-
open. Wholesale value:
$4,000.
Milton @. Ford had a local
pet shop owner as a guest on
mis- Five O'Clock Theater" on
WMAL-TV the other afternoon.
AS his guests, the pet shop
owner had with him a monkey
and a five-pound, six-weeks-old
leopard. When he learned
the leopard was for sale, Ford
turned to the camera and asked,
Anybody wanna buy a leopard
for $175?" Had a call from
a buyer within five minutes.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS-Felix
Jackson will take over as pro-
ducer of CBS-TV's Studio One"
next fall. replacing Fletcher
Markle. who prefer the Cali
fornia climate. Hamburg
born, Jackson has written plays
and has been a writer and pro-
ducer for both movies and
television. AS a Hollywood
scenarist. he wrote Back
Street." Mad About Music"
and "Destry Rides Again" among
others. He has been serving
as producer for -Four Star
Playhouse" Dick Mansfield,
safety expert for The Star and
head man of WNBW's Safety
Circus" is now proud award
winner. WNBW. largely be-
cause of Safety Circus" has
just won the 1850 public interest
award of the National Safety
Council. And Mr.. Mansfield S
Safety Circus" has been guar
anteed another year on tele-
vision by the signing of a new
sponsor.
Jack Carson, who has q film
series coming up on TV next
season, also has a new movie
role. He'll appear in Para
mounts Technicolor musical.
Red Garters," with Rosemary
Clooney. And. by the way.