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4 Sylvania Television Awards
realized the full potential of television as a medium of entertainment, information and public service. This year, a comparative newcomer deeply impressed us with the worth of its content, the impact of its presentation, and the dignity of its purpose. We felt no hesitation in selecting it as a truly great contribution to the advance¬ ment of television. The hero of ’Medic* is medicine itself. Therein lies its strength. Its perfection of technique underscores its theme: the unending struggle of the medical profession for the preservation and better¬ ment of human life."
(The Grand Award was presented to James E, Moser, creator and writer. Other awards were presented to Worthington Miner, executive producer; the Dow Chemical Company and the National Broad casting Company. Certificates of merit were presented to Prank LaTourette, producer; Bernard Girard, director; the Los Angeles County Medical Association; and MacManus, John & Adams, Inc., the
advertising agency representing the Dow Chemical Company.)
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’’For the Television Comedian of the year, George Gobel ; George Gobel has brought a fresh note of delivery to television. He is in the tradition of the great monologists. His timing and delivery are superb and his appeal is in no sense limited. One of the committee summed up our delight with this intuitive comedian in the phrase, 'He thinks funny’. We hope he will keep on think¬ ing funny on television for a long time to come,
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