20 (y)ears of corn (1952)

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Looking for Don McNeill in unusual Chicago locations was a television game during the 1952 Republican and Democratic conventions. Don had a mobile unit assigned to his morning convention sidelight show by Philco. It roamed the streets, permitting him to interview city and convention workers, candidates, delegates and visitors. In the montage on this page, starting lower left and con¬ tinuing clock-wise, McNeill is shown delivering visitors to convention hall by tally-ho; staging a fashion review in front of Buckingham Fountain; visiting Riverview Park; transporting delegates by yacht; interviewing the donkey and elephant with Bob Hope at Brookfield Zoo; chatting with a cat¬ tleman and his family in the Stock Yards; and demonstrating the position most people took after the final session. ON STAGE, Breakfast Club presents an imposing family picture of 47 performers, musicians, an¬ nouncers, technicians and other personnel involved in a broadcast. Seated, left to right: Mary Canny, Pat Bard, Marge Schlitt and Peggy Comfort of Don McNeill'* staff; Johnny Desmond, Peggy Taylor, Don McNeill, Aunt Fanny (Fran Allison) and Sam Cowling, cast members; Maury Murray, Alice Grabau and Cliff Petersen, production staff. Standing, 1st row, left to right: Fred Montiegel, Ralph Bergsten and Eddy McKean of Don McNeill’s staff; Hal Hiatt and Henry Coffey of ABC music department; Don Jacoby, Russ Wilt, Oscar Chausow, Jack Cordero, Eddie Ballantine, Charlie Tamburino, George Oliver, Jack Shirra and Tommy Thomas, ABC musicians; Jay Arlan, Vi Berwick, Bob Murphy and Don Dowd, announcers; Jimmy Daugherty and Harry Schumacher, engineers. Stand¬ ing, 2nd row, left to right: Bob Eckhardt, Don Rushton and George Thompson, ABC Guest Relations staff; George Jean, Maurice Morovitsky, Shep Lehnhoff, Buddy Shaw, Byron Baxter, Bill Krenz, Lee Knight, Seymour Drugan, Tom Filas and Fritz Wolff, ABC musicians; Charles Wilson and Charles Greenschlag, stage hands. Litho in U.S.A., Moebius — Milwaukee