ON THE AIR the day’s highlights by Jim THE EVt.hNG STAR Snyder. Washington, D. C. TODAY'S RADIO WWDC— Mike Wallace D-9 6:35, Thunder, July 14, 1960 Radio-TV HIGHLIGHTS Interviews. Interviews with Second Banana Qin leading convention news- JI makers. 6:00, WRC, WTOP The 7:06, WQMR — Concert Hall. * * Be Best in Bunch Democratic National Conven- The Paris Theater Orchestra // tion. is featured in a Bastille 6:15, WWDC Direct from Day Salute. DEMOCRAT By WILLIAM HOPPER the Democratic National 8:00, WMAL—The Democratic or Written for the Associated Press \\ DISCOUNT ' Editor’! Nott—The author of the fol- L a Convention. A wrap-up of National Convention. I I’m what might -v I . guess you lowing guest column ploys Paul call a dramatic second banana Drake in Perry Mason, presented in television—and I think it’s Saturdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., V DRUGS the best spot in the bunch. over the CBS network. As Paul the detective Drake, TV Critic Bernio Harrison is on voca- who MARK EIIAS acts as a kind of runner for tion, too. His column will bo re- Perry Mason, I can enjoy two sumed his return. Brings upon great acting fulfillments—l'm creating a personality, and I’m W' the to < ¦iiL'M'mb with needed. By that I don’t mean printed page television jp. Hr j that I’m either and back to the indispensable, printed page ™ HWM B REPORT as Bill Hopper or as Paul Drake. I again. Either I'm getting to • But the second banana is a be more like him, or he’s get- WZJ necessary ingredient of a show ting to be more like me. If there a J like weren’t ours. In the original Gardner Paul Drake, there’d have to be books, Drake is much more 1 like him. IMHIHMiito a character breezy, talkative and comic- •* * * relief-ish than he is on the TV J W3K - > Jl In less than an hour of show show. He’s flashier, might J time, we have to tell a full you lb lot of this story—and sometimes a pretty say. In our scripts, a complicated one. Obviously, personality stuff had to be there isn’t time to include all ' toned down—mostly for the the action that is necessary to reasons I’ve already described, r the story and to full under- i We have too much to include in <vZßb3 B standing of the details by the a single hour to explore and de- audience. velop a lot of characters. So, OUR So they have to be explained Paul has to be pretty business- PLATFORM: with a different device. In the like. He is as close to a legiti- AIM-FIRE! Perry Mason show, you will mate private detective as there READY, business. 15%-50% DISCOUNTS notice that many of the neces- is, I believe, in show On EVERY These may well be the words Jones will sary details—too minute to be He works for Mason as a leg- Spike use to lead off his orchestra presented in action but too im- man—doing research, tracking 16-piece August ITEM EVERY DAY Os The Year! - portant to the solution to be down clues and gathering in- 1. That’s the day Spike’s new musical-comedy and these ignored—come out in conversa- formation, reporting series, featuring his wife, Songstress Helen and tions between the regular char- things as briefly as quick- Grayco, begins over CBS (WTOP-9). —World acters. ly as possible to his employer. „ Wide Photo. REVLON No fuss, no frills, no scenery- . Ln one short phone conver- chewing. Men’s X Drake TAKE sation, and Mason can •« ? • PRICES let the audience in on story de- Occasionally, I get a yen for and 103.5 Me.)—-Orchestral; or GEMEX \ tails that might take many /SPEIDEL A NOSEDIVE more action, for instance, when TODAY'S GOOD Capitals of the World. The ; minutes to enact on the screen. WATCH BANDS Bavarian Radio Symphony ;J ,t DISCOUNT DRUGS! That’s why I say that I or my young daughter complains DIAL TONIGHT convention from I MUSIC Orchestra and Chorus is aijd every night, somebody like me is a needed that I don’t "get in fights and J Reg. $10.95 to $12.95 1 New Roll-On featured. element in the show. all those exciting things like 6:00, WASH-FM (97.1 Me.)— Your WMAL-FM (107.3 Me.) 7:30-8:00 fir DRY ?• • • 9:00, P.M., Channel 5 viewers first-hand \\ /HI the other private eyes.” But In the Concert Hall. Ros- ; get s*>.99 Hi Fi Showcase. Oberon: choice j As a long-time fan of the that’s just a nick at my father- sini’s La Gazza Ladra Over- Deodorant with Overture, by Weber. Erie Stanley Gardner novels, ly pride, I suppose. Because I ture. reports on convention from Mark Evans WHILE THEY NEOMYCIN I have been fascinated to watch do get kick out of all the 10:00, WMAL-FM (107.3 Me.) highlights Z/ a 7:05, WGMS AM-FM (570 Kc. LAST this guy Drake develop from mail from actual private inves- —Nocturne. The Firebird R«9-1.25 and 103.5 Me.) Summer tigators who write to tell me r Suite, by Stravinsky. and team of from Berlioz’ Benven- top political reporters NEWS- C how much they enjoy the show, Symphony. ¦ 12:01, WWDC Music Til EVERY REVLON ITEM uto Cellini Overture. QQ CHANNEL CHUCKLES and« Paul Drake, because he’s Dawn. Violin Concerto in D. for real. WGMS AM-FM (570 Kc. WEEK —By Bil Keane f 8:30, .i by Tschaikowsky. MAGAZINE headed by Ernest K. Lindley, POISON IVY ii— Caladryl 80cc 49 c SKIN SPECIALS 80cc Zirodryl 59 c SUNTAN 1.25 TANFASTICggc LOTIONS sho ht 89c McKesson-Robins Tartan, 18c ~ Reg. $ 1.00 to 9: Tuesday!, Pepsodent, Gleem X.\ Wednesdays and Satur- ¦ or Colgate R < £ E“! WW TOOTHPASTE BOMBS $6.95 Value V CANDIDATE 59 C Kiddies' Hi-Fi Toy IH phonograph ) \\. Battery-operated. 2 speeds. 11 WITH AMERICA’S 35c \\ /y, Reg. $0.99 y Cwt? ’A HOMEMAKERS—KENMORE [f KLEENEX XXX \\ Box of 400 /I WASHERS AND DRYERS! xv & VITAMINS “Iguess she’s the who lit!' I !' 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