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Monia Liter, and the Mantovani Dancers. Friendly Giant Children’s program with Robert Homme and his puppet pals, Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe. From Toronto. On Safari (1) “Game Plains of Kenya,” Ar- mand and Michaela Denis take shots of warthogs, lions feeding as hyenas and jackals wait around to feed on the carrion left over. (2) “Flight to Zambesi,” on their way to the huge Zambesi River, Armand and Michaela focus their cameras on herds of wild life and the great Victoria Falls with its famous rainbow. (3) Reports on “Pets-Viewers” are brought up to date on the welfare and growth of THE BIG FOUR ON "STARTIME ’—A quartet of the most celebrated U.S. Michaela’s pets a cheetah, gazelle comedians—George Jessel, George Burns, Eddie Cantor, and Jack Benny (left and hedgehogs. to right) share the same bill for the first time in their long and hilarious careers this Tuesday on “The Big Time.” Key moments in the career of each will be Sky King recalled during the 60-minute “Startime” salute to vaudeville’s comic stage. This week “Wild Man.” Sky and Penny help rescue a logging company paymaster after his car crashes when interpreters of Beethoven we have a sniper’s bullet goes through the BEST OF BEETHOVEN met, and we are fortunate in be- windshield. (Continued page 5) ing able to persuade him to con- from duct the cycle, which we feel will Front Page Challenge dominates the be a treat for all music lovers.” Fred Davis is moderator as panel- architectural sense ists Toby Robins, Gordon Sinclair, material. How nobly his ideas em- The intermission host will be Pierre Berton attempt to guess the bodied in such structures have another oustanding authority on headline story by questioning some- withstood time and stress and Beethoven Ir- one involved in it. From Toronto. many a mangled performance—is ving Kolodin, This week’s guest is C. R. MacLean, apparent to us now.” who has been publisher of TV Week. on the editorial Composer Beckwith John staff of the Sat- Starfime simply the novelist quoted E. M. urday Review This week “George Bums in Forster who (in End) Howards since 1947, and The Big Time,” with George Bums, says that no matter who you are or assistant editor Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and how you approach his music Four of the entertain- since 1952, and George Jessel. Beethoven somehow “makes the ment world’s outstanding comedians. has written passion of your life more vivid.” George Bums will be host and star numerous books of a nostalgic valentine to vaudeville’s CBC radio this season will pre- and magazine Inring Kolodin “two-a-day” and its comic stage. The sent two series devoted to per- articles on musical topics. During originate show will from the NBC in formances of some of Beethoven’s each intermission he will talk Hollywood. Burns, Benny, Cantor and greatest music the nine sym- Beethoven symphonies, at about the Jessel will appear in least one phonies and the last five string number as a quartet, in duets and in perhaps interview a musical guest, solos to recall and recreate the key quartets. and give impressions of the first moments of their long and distin- The former starts this Friday performances of the symphonies—- guished careers a s showbusiness night when Efrem Kurtz conducts how they were interpreted and comedians. Although the four stars the CBC Symphony Orchestra in how they were received.” have been headlined separately in the first of six programs devoted symphonies will be vaudeville, radio, motion pictures, Two per- to the symphonies. first four nightclubs and television for more formed on each of the than 40 years and are close friends “It’s a tremendous undertaking,” Friday night programs. The fifth offstage they have never performed says Dr. Geoffrey Waddington, Friday night program will be an together in the same act. CBC’s director of music. “We first analysis of the Ninth (“Choral”) Symphony by Mr. Kurtz and Mr. Press Conference discussed the idea with Mr. Kurtz a when he was Kolodin. It will take the form of Leading journalists question a gov- year ago in To- a rehearsal at which listeners will ernment official or well-known public ronto to conduct the first CBC hear portions of the symphony per- figure on important issues in the Symphony concert before an audi- news. From Ottawa. ence. He is one of the finest (Please turn to page 13)