Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • Page 8

MASON CITY GLOBE-GAZETTE APRIL 12, 1956 LAUGHING IT UP Jerome (Dizzy) Dean laughingly reminisces with New York Yankee star Yogi Berra about last year's World Series. The world champion Yankees meet the National League champion Dodgers in an exhibition game Saturday. The game will be telecast play-by-play from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn with Buddy Blattner assisting Dean. At 12:45 p.m., channels 2, 3. SALUTE TO BASEBALL IN THE Weed's Video Highlights By BILL BENTZIN Globe-Gazette TV Editor The most elaborate array of baseball stars ever to appear on one televised program will parade before the cameras Saturday evening.

Actor Gene Kelly will be the master of ceremonies as television salutes the opening of the baseball season Monday. Among the top pitchers to appear on the show will be Don Larsen, Johnny Antonelli, Bob Friend, Don Newcombe, Billy Pierce, Robin Roberts and Herb Score. Some of the outstanding hitters who will make appearances on the program are Ernie Banks, Ted Kluszewski, Ed Mathews, Stan Musial, and Ted Williams. A pair of films, one of last year's World Series and one, an old-timers film, will highlight the show. Singers Tony Bennett, Bill Hayes and Pat Marshall will also appear on the show along with other show business personalities.

Some former baseball greats will be on hand. At 8 p.m., channels 7, 10. Dinah Shore comes up with another of her fine music and comedy hour shows Friday night, 'singer Dean Martin is the featured guest. Beautiful singer and actress Sally Forrest, comedian Joey Bishop, and Hugh O'Brian also make Key to Stations Cedar Rapids Mason City Ames Austin, Minn. Waterloo KRNT-TV, DCS Moines Rochester, Minn.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 8:15 of Blinky Kangaroo 9:00 52.1 Doody Mouse Show I Believe 10:00 Dink and You Eagle 10: JO Morning Show Rascals Picture of Tex. Rangers 11:00 Top Rogers Story Midnight 11:30 Diary King 12:00 Ranger Unexpected Picture 12: in Almanac Big Picture Shoptalk Hardy Cassidy Baseball Preview 12:35 of the Week 1:00 1:30 1:45 Matinee GENE KELLY is the master of ceremonies on 90-minute salute to baseball. The actor-dancer of movie fame lias liolh show business and baseball guests, Al 8 p.m., channels 7. 10. Corey Show 2: 45 3:00 Roundup Feature Movie Theater Bell Teen Dance Show Picture 4:45 Theater 2:00 the Clock Bill Hickok 5 Behind the Badge 8:1.1 U.

S. A. 6:00 of Fortune in Agriculture Rhoadcs, News 5:15 Lifeline to Freedom Buccaneers Carson Film Fes. Are Funny Tunes 7:00 Gleason Show Como 8:00 Storm of Cochisc Welk Carnival Jcannie 0:00 Jubilee 9:30 of Cochisc Co. District Attorney Hit Parade for the Money 10:00 Line by Johnson Photo Final Rhoades 10:15 Theater Cap Century Fox 10:20 Shoop, Sports 10:30 Theater Theater Theater appearances.

At 8 p.m., channels 7, 10. Other shows which should make top watching are reviewed below. All times are central standard. Saturday HEY, JEA.NNIE Jeannie tops all other entrants by selling more doughnuts than all the other sales girls in a bakery shop and thus wins a trip to Washington. A guide tries to explain a few historical facts to the young immigrant but she surprises him with her knowledge of American history.

At 8:30 p.m., channels 2, 3, 8. Sunday CHAMPIONS Marge and Gower agree to help the town Parent-Teachers Assn. stage its annual talent show. In auditioning the youngsters, they discover that all of the parents think that their youngster should have the starring role. At 6:30 p.m., channels 2, 3, 8.

THEATER Imogcne Coca stars as a lady cab driver who discovers that a man has died while riding in her cab. She takes him to the police station and the police discover that the man has been murdered. Keenan Wynn co-stars. At 8 p.m., channels 2, 3, 8. Monday CONCERT Nadine Conner is featured in 30-mimites of Eas- (Continued on Page 8) By WILLIAM EWALD NEW YORK (UP) Jackie Gleason's TV family breaks up after June 22, but it's doubtful whether any of its departing members will starve.

With the official announcement earlier this week that the Gleason show would be dumped by CBS-TV next fall in favor of a new Perry Mason mystery series, offers began siphoning in to Gleason's" under-bananas, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and June Taylor. Carney seems to have the rosiest future in store. All three major networks are making eyes at the rubber-faced comic. Carney, however, is pretty firm on one point he doesn't want to get mixed up with a situation comedy series. Earlier this year, Carney and Nanette Fabray, former TV wife of Sid Caesar, were talking about teaming up for a TV variety show series.

That plan fell through when Nan decided to go out on her own with a TV comedy series, "June." Wants Variety Show "Right now, Art is not interested in any kind of a sterotyped foray," says William McCaffrey, his agent. "What he'd like to do is some sort of a variety show, but not on a weekly basis." Carney also will begin looking seriously at drama his last excursion into this area on "Playhouse 90" was greeted pretty warmly by the critics. Audrey Meadows is probably the most financially secure of all the Gleason cast-offs. She's happily married to Randy Rouse, a wealthy Washington real estate man. "We've had offers from everybody," reports her agent, Val Irving.

"She'd like to do some drama shows and if Gleason does any speculators in the fall, she'll probably be on them." Joyce Randolph, who plays Carney's wife on the Gleason program will do some summer stock. Last summer, Joyce worked in "Plain and Fancy" on the straw hat circuit. Joyce currently is taking dancing lessons at June Taylor's dance studio here with an eye toward diversifying her talents. Receives Offers June Taylor has received offers to bring her 16 dancers to at least two other variety shows. She's also pitching an afternoon half-hour show at one network which would feature kid talent from her school.

She'll take her troupe on a nightclub tour this summer. As for Gleason, who is pretty bored with his current TV show, the immediate project in his mind is a filming of Erskine Caldwell's "God's Little Acre" for United Artists. He'll probably be around for an occasional spectacular on CBS-TV next season. It's a cinch Gleason won't have to worry about bankbook problems. His current exclusive pact with CBS has 15 years to run.

Under its terms, if Gleason decided to sit out TV, he'll still draw $100,000 per year. -A- Ely Landau, a TV executive who soon will launch what he calls "the fourth TV network," believes our three major networks are heading for an overhaul that will spell an end to most live programming. Landau is president of the National Telefilm Associates Film Network, an outfit that will kick off operations on April 1 at 129 stations scattered from Alaska to Florida. The NTA stations will not be connected by cable as are NBC CBS and ABC. Instead, Landau will rely on film, supplying feature movies plus sponsors to foot the bill.

Landau's first movie bundle includes such top-drawer items as "Gentleman's Agreement," "Suez" and "Sitting Pretty." Eventually, Landau also hopes to supply regular TV series to (Continued on Page 8) AVOID TV BIACKOUT! $5 Down PICTURE TUBE 1 RECEIVING TUBES CONVENIENT TERMS ARRANGED AT HOME FIT ANY MAKE OR AGE TV Phone 1177 Home Phone 40G2-W HALFHILL'S RADIO and TV SERVICE Open Friday Evening 'till 9 F- M. Street S. E. W. S.

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