Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

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Fran finds it's open house at the Kuklapolitan s Burr's my neighbor! BY FRAN ALLISON It's just two blocks away from my own home, but I paid my first visit to Burr Tillstrom's new quarters after every last cup, saucer and spoon was in place. I had no intention of being un-neighborly, but there's a limit to the amount of construction commotion any woman can stand, and for the past year, I've been caught squarely between two Mr. Blandings, each building his dream house. When men begin taking houses apart and putting them together again in their own pattern, they certainly go all out. At home, my husband, Archie, glancing up from his newspaper, would stare fixedly at the wall and remark, "Now do you think we should have paint, paper, or knotty pine?" Studio conversation was parallel. In the midst of a story conference, Burr {Continued on page 72) Kukla, Fran and Ollie, with Burr Tillstrom, is telecast Monday thru Friday, 7 P.M. EST, NBC-TV. Sponsored Mon. by RCA, Tues. & Fri. by P & G, Wednesdays by the Ford Motor Company and Thurs. by Life Magazine. First floor residents in the Tillstrom coach house ^ are Kukla fc and Ollie. Beulah Zachery sits on the "kibitzer's couch," placed there for those who must watch the cook. But Burr ignores everyone, even helper Fran, when he prepares pilaff. Fran says she's between two Mr. Blandings — every time she and Archie visit Burr, Archie comes away with a new idea for redoing the Levington coach house. Burr's kitchen, where there's always coffee brewing, is completely modern. 36