Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1949)

Pert Patsy Lee, songstress on ABC's Breakfast Club, says it's a good thing cooking is her hobby. The comedy on the show is built around Patsy's hope chest and her search for a man. Since it started, Patsy's fans have sent her thousands of gifts for her hope chest — • including five hundred pot holders. A few weeks ago, tenor Ken Carson and his wife entertained the president of Ken's fan club as a house guest in their San Fernando Valley home. She is Mary Moody of Everett, Washington, who made the trip to Hollywood just to see Ken in person. That's loyalty for you, sure enough! Elliott Lawrence's advance man, Sam Arnold, is finding the hotel situation pretty grim in many of the nation's smaller towns. When he arrived in one a few weeks ago, there wasn't a hotel available within fifty miles. The only alternative seemed to be the town jail, so Arnold offered to pay hotel rates for a night's lodging, but the jailer, who gets similar requests quite frequently, refused. There's a law against it so Sam slept in his car. What's the matter Sam? Don't you remember the old dodge from depression days, when it was a common thing to hurl a brick through the jail window and get lodged for several days? Talking about books. Deems Taylor, that versatile composer and manabout-music, has just published his third volume, Music to My Ears, a compilation of his intermission talks on his Sunday afternoon radio series. Chubby Silvers, one of Sammy Kaye's bandsmen, had an expensive crease put in his size fifty-two band uniform when the crew was playing an engagement in Shea's Buffalo "Theatre a while back. Chubby was in New York the weekend before the band left for Buffalo and had sent his uniform out to be pressed. When he reached Buffalo and started to unpack, he found a receipt from the tailor instead of a band uniform. So he phoned a friend in New York and asked her to pick up the suit and put it on a plane for Buffalo. The friend put the suit on the plane and herself with it, which brought Chubby's valet charges to a total of forty-five dollars. Wilbur Hatch, musical director of My Favorite Husband, was about to leave his home in Iredell Canyon for the studios when a weather-stripping salesman met him at the door. The salesman delayed Wilbur's departure long enough for the maestro to see a brush fire, roaring over a hilltop toward his ranch. The salesman joined the maestro in battling the blaze, then took over alone when Hatch had to leave for a rehearsal at the studio. Phoning back later. Hatch learned that the salesman was still at it. He eventually was able to check the fire after an all-day fight with the result that Hatch bought enough weather-stripping for his whole house. FILM NEVER LETS UP Awake or asleep, film is forming on your teeth— Pepsodent removes it! I I I i FILM'S DANGER KEEPS GROWING ALL THROUGH THE DAY. (1) FllM collects stains that make your teeth look dull. (2) FILM harbors germs that breed bad breath. (3) FILM glues acid to your teeth, often causing decay. And remember— film never lets up, it's forming day and night on everyone's teeth. FILM SNEAKS UP EVEN FASTER ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. During the long still hours while you're asleep, mouth bacteria are multiplying in film's dull coating . . . "bad breath" germs that ferment food particles . . . also acid-producing germs that frequently cause tooth decay. So use film-removing Pepsodent every morning and night. No other tooth paste can duplicate Pepsodent's film-removing formula. No other tooth paste contains Irium*— or Pepsodent's gentle polishing agents. Use Pepsodent twice a day— see your dentist twice a year. Film on teeth forms night and day— PEPSODENT cleans film away! ANOTHER FINE PRODUCT OF j» lEVER BROTHERS COMPANY TOOTH PASTE • CONTAINS IRIOM. *lTium IS Pepiiodent's registered trade-mark for punjied alkyj sulfate 11