The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 105

SECTION I THE COURIERJOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1953. RADIO an4 TV C.B.S. Due To Keep The $64,000 Question' THE MILLION-DOLLAR que- and Iih Ksbibble came early, tion about The $64,000 Que- atayed through except for break tion appears to have been set- for ihowen and change of cos-tied. The New York Times says, tume. Television's highest-rated pro- Again the local boys and girls gram, which had been sought by yeryth ng they had; and the NaUonal and American the real "lift" to the show 1 ST i Of 1 Wlliii Hi ill MM ii i 1 jfr fWiMt seemed to come when the local acts went on.

The Randy Atcher gang, with "Cactua" Brooks, Bill Pickett, Mary Snow Ethridge, Herbie Koch and the band under direction of Bob "I'm-a-Genius-One-Day-Every-Year" Hutsell all were terrific performers. Raines on 'Lamp BISHOP 'Richard G. Raines, presiding bishop of the Indiana area, Methodist Church, will be on "Lamp Unto My Feet" at noon today to discuss "choosing a lifetime mate." "Lamp" is seen on WHAS-TV. The format of the program is a short dramatic sketch pointing up the topio after which a guest discusses the drama and the problem. Bill Udi TV's Jean Byron, who went to Hollywood from Louis Ville 10 years ago, is busy, but wants "live" roles.

Ex-Louisvillian Imogene Burkhart Keeping Busy as Jean Byron on TV One of the female "second bananas" on television is Ruth Gilbert, who plays Max to Milton Berle. Ruth is a product of Brooklyn, and capitalizes on it. Rocky Cratlano endures chin-chucking from Martha As the comedienne's "second Roeky'a stock In trade is his murder of the King's English. BiLL LADD'S Radio and TV Almanac TVs 'Second Bananas' Do Right Without Worries, Down on The Broadcasting Companies, is expected to remain on the Columbia Broadcasting system, according to the Times. Although this decision is not yet official, attorneys for the sponsor of the quiz show are drawing up contracts that would result in C.B.S.'s retaining the account In addition, the sponsor plans to present a second progrsm over C.B.S.-TV, beginning late this year.

The second program, a panel ehow that is tied in to some extent with "The $64,000 Question," would be televised on Sundays from 10 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The title and format are still being developed. The sponsor of "Appointment with Adventure" Is expected to drop this show and share sponsorship of the new series. Show Doomed? THE SPONSOR still has not renewed "Radio Theatre" over the N.B.C.

network. The program, which had been on radio for many years, was carried by N.B.C. on Tuesdays. The network is going ahead with plans to schedule another one-hour drama program in the time period. Como's Apology PERRY COMO says that Arthur Godfrey did not ask an apology for the gags and imita tions directed his way on Como'S first show for N.B.C.-TV.

Julius LaRosa, said something about humility, and Dave Barry did an imitation of Godfrey. Como says he got so many letters Of protest that he made the apology on his second show on his own Initiative. 'The Great Man THE FACT that I comment on book "The Great Man" at this point in the column should not be taken to mean that I believe Godfrey was the unidentified target of the recent book. The yarn is about a "great man" in radio and TV, and his personal life and relations with, "the family" which works with him on the air. There have beefl those who thought they saw Godfrey in the yarn.

I don't know. I do know that the book is a breezy, bitter story along the line of "The Hucksters," filled with obscenity and eontaining not a single character who would be pleasant to know. Steve Allen has signed a three-year contract with N.B.C. He does primarily a show called Tonight," which Is not seen here. All Troupers EVERYONE? st WHAS and WHAS-TV was full of praise for the visiting performers who helped to put the "Crusade for Children" show over.

There was joying life, because I like to act, and I like acting in television." Jean's mother is now married to Edward Roche. Jean lives in a Hollywood apartment with a swimming pool right outside her window. She's a busy girl, which is O.K. with her. "But I do want to do some live TV in New York," she said.

"I've probably forgotten how, I've done so much film, but I'd love it. "And back a 'credit' from one of the big live shows would keep me even busier than I am now." Jean may pass through Louis ville on her way home. She hasn't been in town since she left for Hollywood 10 years ago. and she has a lot of friends of Imogene Burkhart or Jean Audette to see. B.

L. I played in anything with a dramatic flavor anywhere. I was in a few movies, but I'm not very proud of them. "Then I married Mike Ansara (a motion-picture actor). We were together six years, but it has ended now.

He's a real nice guy and a good actor. "Then I discovered people were filming TV dramas around town. 'Enjoying Lift? "I found the movie lots pretty much taken ovef by them. I found they liked good actresses who had no temperament, were willing to come to work on time, give a hard day's work for a fair day's pay, and give a good performance. There was lots of work for real troupers.

"The budgets were low. They couldn't afford temperament. "So I've been busy. I'm en "I FEEL SORRY for Carl Reiner, Arnold Stang and Rocky Graziano," said a dear little lady the other day. They are just as good as Sid Caesar, Milton Berle and Martha Raye.

And yet it is 'Caesafs Hour instead of the 'Reiner And it is the 'Martha Raye Show' instead of the If 5 3i 'Rocky Graziano And no one ever highlights 'The Arnold Stang They always call it the 'Milton Berle All of these shows and all of these people had been on Channel 3 here during last season. And even if I have been sequestered for a matter of weeks in the mountains of Colorado, i HT I lT -4 1 1 "1Z where TV li only a plaything of the idle rich who can afford $600 antennas, I have no information that all won't be around this season, too. I don't know about Reiner. But I do know that if you suggested to Stang or Graziano that they trade places and become the star, both would take to the tall timber In dismay. XT i TT I i I Iv I AA -s-ixv-rxx kj TO 4 P.M.

V'lr mm1mWM1 I i i i li ii af iv-)rtrvti err I TONIGHT! Unn Ming' Bene Mm in "TRYOUT" 1 7 Well, Stalk The "Rock" has received many movie offers. "Why should I kill myself?" he asks. "I wanna be Martha's boyfriend, and that is all." Arnold Stang? "The work is wonderful," he says. "Ever week I get together and play a little cards with Hal March of the "But the top1 bananas don't have it that good. They make lots more money; but they have lots more worries, too.

"If the show flopped, did the critics say, 'Stang killed "No. That's Berle's worry. I just do a job and have to take no stomach pills." Stang was not with Berle on the first show this falL Of course, the second-banana business has changed a little in the last decade or so. The title comes from the old burlesque days. The Old Way It was the second banana who said, "Who was that lady I seen you with last night?" It was the first banana who stepped to the footlights and whopped 'em with the punch line.

And it was the second banana again who slapped his knee and laughed to let the slow audience know there had been a funny pulled. But with TV, the second-banana business grew up. There was no room for the old stand-up-comedy duo. Where the straight man in the old days had to be an expert on timing, but simply fed his lead comic the "straight line," now a supporting comic may be many things. may be a comic himself, like Art Carney, one of the more successful second bananas.

He may be a butcher of the Enelish language like Rocky 'Graziano. He may be a character actor like Reiner or Howard Morris of the same show. He may be a suave auiii mill uu ou luaau wu on the Imogene Coca show last season. Girlt Play, Too In fact he may be, and often is, a girl. Ruth Gilbert, the "Marie" of the Berle show, was a polished New York actress playing the part of a Brooklynite.

Reiner can play any 60rt of part. Nanette Fabray is a comic in her own right But without the second banana, the lead comic wouldn't have it so good either. He uses them for the butt of his gags, of course that has been the job of the second banana for generations. But in TV, one does not make fun of other people, and the second banana must be able to deliver a punch line, too. Jack Benny for years has had a flock of second bananas on his show.

But in recent years the whole business has turned around. Now the supporting actors in msny cases deliver the punch, and Benny does jthe double-take. Sure enough, In the old days the comic ate at the downtown restaursnt, the second banana at the joint across the stage alley. The principal rode in a lower berth, the straight man curled up In a daycoach seat. But demands of the profession have been such that things have leveled off.

The lead comic whose name is on the billing gets more dough still. But the Bureau of Internal Revenue is a great leveler, too; and few second bananas today have any desire to lead the show, take the blame for the failures and pay the Income taxes. Even a banana can find a comfortable place on the stalk without being at the top. not a single one of the out-of-towners who didn't have a heart as big as outdoors, and a yen flew York City College tO WOTK. "TELEVISION is bringing the trouper back to show business." So said Louisville's Imogene Burkhart the other day at lunch in Hollywood.

Imogene ought to know, because she also is Jean Byron, one of the busiest young TV actresses in town. She has just finished a series called "Mayor The Town," with Thomas Mitchell. The series isn't seen in Louisville, but has done real well in tome areas. As you read this, Jean is in New York on vacation. Her first trip to New York.

At the same time, she is going about the producers' offices, hoping for a chance to do some live TV shows. "I'd surely like to work for Robert Montgomery or 'Studio she said. Sang on Radio Jean Bvron was Imogene Burkhart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burkhart of Louisville, when she began singing and dancing under the tutelage of Miss Ellen Flanedy.

She sang on WGRC and WHAS and appeared at many a club date and on many a banquet bill. She changed her name to Jean Audette for a time. When the family moved to Hollywood, she went along, determined to storm the movle-sihging fortresses. "When I got here, I did jobs with several real fine bands," she said. "But when girl singers were discussed, people seemed to talk about a girl named Dinah Shore and a few others like her.

"I realized I wasn't going to burn np any worlds singing and dancing, so I went to dramatic schooL "While there, and afterward, INoW Has A Limpus New York, Oct. 1 For the first time since it wss established in 1849, City College of New York has a campus. The school acquired the grounds when it took the former site of Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart The campus and school buildings will be operated along with the main college two blocks away. CHy-Wi' Srvi All WORK OUARANTEED CLARKSDALE RADIO 706 S. Shelbr WA69U (1 SALES and SERVICE BIRKHEAD SHEET METAL CO.

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WHAS 9:05 a.m. Polly Bergen, Cab Calloway, Les Paul and Mary Ford, What's New In Music? WHAS 12 noon. Mishel Plastro and the Symphonett open eighth season. WHAS 1 p.m. Joan Bennett stars in The Girl Who Came Back, Radio Theater.

WAVE 4:03 p.m. Edgar Bergen premieres show with Jack Kirk-wood and Ray Noble. WHAS 6:05 p.m. The Story of Lazarus as set forth in the Gospel of St. John.

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