THE EVENING STAR. Washington. D. C. •• ON THE AIR I MO VPAT. 11. IPA* I NOVEMBER B-17 These Are the Shows Os Yesteryear? Rfc * By BERNIE HARRISON _ Wide; Wide World gave us a flashy look yesterday at the A,F^QL story of TV in "The Fabulous Infant." a cavalcade of nostalgic € HOW clips, interviews and reminiscences that skipped along blithely IK and. I'm afraid, without a really serious thought in its dazzling litte head. Frankly. I was expecting something just a little more chal- lenging. W-W-W’s presentation, we were informed, would be more I; gp.- ¦' OHM than a review of TVs first 10 years. It would be the "story hardly had time to pose a ques- * of TV.” with ABC and CBS tion before they were off. Hr Sm WJk co-operating. What will TV be like tit age Yet, with commercial TV un- 20? der fire from all sides, the ma- Your guess is as good as mine. jor concern expressed in the Maybe that would have made 90-minute program was the a better subject for W-W-W. need for finding new talent and Isn’t it a little unseemly for a 10-year-old to be looking back? ** * * 9 BiniO Channel Chuckles Sudden Thought: When TV’s IS history is reviewed in 1956, Uncle Miltie Berle will still have 15 years to go on that 30-year contract he signed with NBC! 'Berle turned his part of the show into a salute to his mother. * ** * * On The Run: j A fellow who used to enter- DANGEROUS MIX-UP tain in local niteries the is new Warren Beaty (left) eye eye after-dark sensation in Holly- doesn’t see to with . | David Wayne and tells him so, while Barbara Turner wood—Don Rickies. BOTIN He’ll be on Eddie Fisher's program looks disturbed in this scene from tonight’s filmed tomorrow night (8 * o’clock. Suspicion drama, "Heartbeat” (10 o’clock, WRC—4). | Wayne will also appear Playhouse WRC-4*. Don’s forte seems on 90, Thursday. I to be the "insult. ... To Hedda Hopper, he said: "Get this idiot . in the cheap hat." . (The stars seeqi to love it.* Dean Martin's major contri- TV KEY PREVIEWS bution to Club Oasis Saturday | night i WRC-4 * was insisting Tonight’s top shows as previewed by TV Key s staff, that the Hy Gardner interview who attend rehearsals, watch screenings and analyze . , scripts opinions bit. be cut. Dean was also in New York and Hollywood. Their are on the Perry Como show 'via offered as a guide to area viewers. II split •SPUTNIK, GO HOME!” screen TV* and exchanged guest spots with Gisele Mac- Burns and Allen—Gracie invites an African explorer as a ¦¦¦¦¦¦ IV Kenzie. house guest. The pace picks up in the last half and you that TV should develop some That was quite a trio on * should enjoy a scene where George and neighbor Harry apparatus for scouring the Gisele's show, incidentally— ‘ Morton entice Harry Von Zell into playing a doctor. hinterland for it. That’s all TV Dean, who looks as if hr needs witch It’s one way to get of p.m., GRANDPA’S say? rid a house guest. 8 WTOP—9. has to to (>e propped up: George Raft who needs to he held up, and The "review” segment of the . Guy Mitchell Show—Luscious Dolores Hawkins Miss MacKenzie, required on view to- show, to be fair, was interest- who night. singing. “You’d ing and technically well edited. ail of her stamina. Be So Nice to Come Home to” and segue Today's visitor—Marilyn Van "Around the World.” Big Guy tries "Hi, Neighbor” and CHANNEL^T, That from Dinah Shore's kiss-smacking to the booming Derbur. Miss America —for "Melodie D'Amour.” For the juke-box segment, theres %.P mushroom cloud over Yucca Pepsi-Cola. Sam Cooke with “You Send Me." 8 p.m., WMAL—7. PLACE 4 Yesterday's Flat was slick and arresting. fastest half-hour: \ ** * * The visit with poet Robert Twenty-One—Psychologist David Mayer and legal assistant, Frost, on Wisdom >WRC-4>. Paul Bain, their C No two people, of course, continue battle of wits. When time ran would ever agree on just what out last week Bain had 17 points. Mayer 10. The winner j shows and performers should OTHER TV meets Literary Agent Shirley Fischer. Incidentally, Mayer be highlighted in a 10-year has offered to lend the services of his motivational re- 11:00 AM ROMPER ROOM 'NNH look-back. Some of the choices HIGHLIGHTS search firm to Harold Craig (the man he defeated on mystified Maybe clips 1 eochieg entertaining, ' me. were 1 when Craig lor Congress. 9 p.m.. WRC—4. o>'H unavailable from some sources, 8:00. WTTG (5> Eight "21”* runs MiiS Solly show*, the children special but even then, they might have O'clock Movie: "Look Who's Voice of Firestone—Two favorite soloists, Richard Tucker of animol films. >Live( some Laughing" been mentioned in kind with Lucille Ball the Metropolitan Opera Soprano Frances Wyatt, of narrative summary. and Edgar Bergen. TV Key and alternate tonight. Tucker handles the rousing "Stein jP point. Garroway savs: Pleasing comedy about At one Dave Song” by Sigmund Romberg 12:00 PETE AND HIS was asked, by Ernie Kovacs, for hectic happenings when the and Bizet’s “Flower Song.” the secret of'his TV longetivity, famous ventriloquist is Miss Wyatt hits a mellow mood with the fine Gershwin * since he 'Garroway couldn’t forced down in the village ' oldie, “Foggy Day in London Town.” 9 p.m., WMAL—7. Jingles nriemptj to escape front sing, a squirt of Wistful Vista '1941*. or dance or take the cove o* the Pals go deeper 8:30, Goodyear Theater—“ Voices in the Fog.” Star Jack Lemmon of seltzer water. Dave said that WMAL '7*—Bold Jour- the search for geronium V he believed it was because he ney: "Search for the Agua- and a good production help this contrived thriller main- Also cartoons (Live) 7 I always conducted himself on runas.” The filmed story tain interest right up to the point when the writer has this most intimate of mediums of a tribe of Peruvian head to explain the maze. Lemmon portrays an American as talking only hunters, by PM FAVORITE if he was to two narrated Rich- tourist who overhears a murder plot at rural English 1:00 or three people at a time. mond Lawrence of 1337 21st a graceful railway station. 9:30 p.m., WRC—4. MHj At this point, a noil street N.W., Washington." in Arthur Godfrey's direction—- 9:00. SVTOP (9) Danny CARTOONS "The Fury" the story a* te- who madt- the Studio One—"24 Hours to Dawn.” Although this drama CHANNEL jVH he’s the chap Thomas Show: and rible conflict 'omonq viliaqers / Danny attempts to show the moral decay of police state, its first TV million out of this dis- Kathy try to prove to each a on on itai.ati .siond Adoiph most arresting moments when (Op covery—would have been nice. other that they are still as come cynical “Governor” | STORIES Men NBC chose to include Bobj young and full of energy as Joseph Anthony is lecturing Prisoner Jason Robards, jr.,' Hope—and ignore, to name just they used to be by going on on the futility of freedom. Since both Anthony and 1:30 PM MY HERO one—the example indicated by a gay pk dark-to-dawn dancing ( Robards are first-rate actors, their scenes together are; the memorable Christmas Eve spree. CONTESTS "Hillbilly'' Beanbiossom tm : charged with premiere of "Amahl and the , excitement. But Author Patrick Alexander barks on another hilarious p an (s)—Boxing: to estate Night Visitors." Here was an 10:30. WTTG has let some interesting theories on brain-washing and se*l real Bob Cum- Jimmy Archer vs. mmgs stars illustration of network TV at Tony Dr martyrdom become bogged down in "Arty” dialogue. 10 Cola a its best. NBC a in 10-round welter- p.m., Monday commissioned weight bout. WTOP—9. fine composer to produce a work for the medium and Gian- 11:15. WTTG lal—Eleven Suspicion- Heartbeat.” This drama will hold your interest O'CJock Me through Friday Carlo Menotti came up with Movie: "Follow despite its unbelievable plot. Hardened TV fans will j 2:00 PM TOWN AND Quietly" WBBk what is now regarded as a with William Lun- always be a ahead the cliches, classic. digan and Dorothy Patrick. few minutes of writer’s but COUNTRY TIME MB TV says: made, David Wayne's performance as a heart patient who be- Anyone else remember what Kev Well Handsome star Elton exciting lieves he is normal is excellent. On-location shots of 4:30 P.M. WTTG-TV Singing -i followed the premiere of melodrama about a Br.tt sings your favorites with . % "Amalil" that long-ago Christ- detective who traps a psy- Coney Island will fascinate viewers who have never visited Poy Cork nnd h s rand (Live; mas Eve? It was Charles Laugh- chopathic killer '1950*. Brooklyn’s famous amusement park. Good production, . SVTOP *9) ton with an hour of readings. 1 11:15. —Late Show: but definitely not for hypochondriacs or cardiac cases. ** * * "Night of the Hunter" with 10 p.m„ WRC—4. 3:00 PM AMERICAN BSfe|' Maybe the following Robert Mitchum and Shel- shows ley were place, Winters. A psychopathic mentioned some but poses BANDSTAND I doubt it 'I might have turned killer as a preacher '1955*.