20 (y)ears of corn (1952)

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"■ M ft This was "party year’’ on the Breakfast Club. Don I McNeill was drafted as the laugh candidate of u %v "The Fourth Party” and carried on a mock presi¬ dential campaign from May to August. An audi¬ ence of 3,200 and thousands of televiewers in the East saw him "nominated” in Philadelphia. Atlanta turned out 8,000 supporters for a personal appearance show in June. Another 8,000 fans attended the "withdrawal” broadcast from New Philadelphia, Ohio. Breakfast Club celebrated its 15th anniversary with a Garden Party broadcast from the McNeill home. Annette King, Evelyn Lynne and Nancy Martin appeared in January while Patsy Lee was ill. Allen Prescott and Jack Paar emceed the show in February while the McNeills "second-honeymooned” in California. General Mills became the first quarter hour sponsor in August. Two months later Breakfast Club moved to the new ABC Civic Studio after 4500 broad¬ casts from the Merchandise Mart. Don and Kay In front of the church in San Francisco where they were married in 1931. 34 Just two months before Breneman's sud¬ den death, Don made a surprise call on Tom at "Breakfast In Hollywood." mmm ,