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ON THE AIR Ready or Not, It's Polka Time By BERNIE HARRISON Have you managed to catch up with any of these summertime oddities yet? Its Polka Time (Fridays, Here is swing and sway, the Old World Way, as demonstrated with some vigor by a small, accordion-dominated combo and a group of lively dancers The Old World Specialty of the night, in between polkas, was a Lithuanian Stick dance and. it was a gasser. The series, however, is woodcnly staged in a theater before an audience, each number is dedicated like a cornerstone, and consequently the atmosphere, which should be relaxed and convivial, is depressing. Polkas go just fine with pretzels and a little roll-out-thebarrel atmosphere would help. Combat Sergeant (Fridays, This Army series 1 makes liberal use of film clips of, actual that's! Channel Chuckles Doc, what are the II easily the most exciting element in the production.

The storythat was detailed Friday dealt with a retired veteran who hitched his way to North Africa, blacked his gray hair, borrowed a uniform, and died a death cleaning out an enemy air strip. The dialogue was routine; the encounter with the Nagis was unconvincingly staged, and the young feller picked to play the Ser- seemed miscast. Best of Mystery (Saturdays, The Willie Dante, episodes from Star Play house" are being rerun under this Imposing title, which is i either presumptuous or a sly reflection on the caliber of TV mysteries. Or both. Dick Powell i plays Dante, a slick character who runs a combination chop house and gambling hall and has a snazzy apartment, an elegant car, and away with the gals.

He always gets involved in a dangerous caper with underworld elements and after punch- i ing them around a sometimes getting whacked him- self, just to make it look on the up and the riddle for the police, whom he courteously calls in to make the arrest. Everything is spelled out simply enough and there are some deft the bartender who always has coffee ready for the distract the eye. (Mr. Powell raised quite a squawk when CBS appropriated the time from under Star for next season, charging If this be monopoly, have more of it.) Cold Water A Brooklyn woman won because she named the flowerthat Dunninger was concentrating on during his Wednesday night show (8:30, The ABC release reads: Mrs. Sam Markowitz just know.

She only knows it a Well, I hate to raise the point, but The young man who lives with us also guessed the flower He guessed it because when mentalist Dunninger wrote the word down on a blackboard, which he held so that the viewers see what he was writing, he crossed a and dotted an with considerable flourish. That was the only flower my boy (who; drew a blank on the telepathic bit) could think of with those letters. On the Run: Richard, the parrot, ROOFING 60.000 in Metro oolitnn Arco 1192 Rose Brothers JA. 2-1223 Sf Ft Myti Or. Arl Vo A.

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I liked Betty new hairdo you can see her pretty face. And if Jimmy Randolph (from the Carter exciting looked familiar, you probably saw him on the Dorsey Show a few weeks ago singing Bob Hurleigh has appointed Florence Hines as public relations director for WGMS and WGMS-FM, the new Mutual outlets here. Busy Hank Fort wrote the music and Helen Willems wrote the words first attempt) for Miss which Ray Haney will introduce on his show Wednesday morning (WRC-4). Gene Rayburn, of the Steve ABen crew, is now learning lines for a summer appearance at the Sea Cliff (Long Island) Theater in the leading role of Seven Year Sammy Cahn, one of the top song writers, visits Gordon Mac- show this evening (WRC-4). Luther Adler plays Stanislavsky on next Sunday morning at 8:30, ugh, a.m.

The program will study the effect the great Russian actor, director and producer had on the theater. Hazards of live TV: If you were puzzled by the uneven performance of Ralph Bunker in character role on Robert Mont-' of last 1 Monday (WRC-4) the explanation is simple: Bupker acted the scene in a virtual daze because of a ptomaine attack. wasn't able to return to his! Broadway show. Solid Gold until the following Thursday. The reports on Wally new series, Adventures of Hiram due this fall on NBC-4, are excellent.

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