TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

Slave TO PERIODIC PAIN Every month Sue was a slave to functional menstrual distress. Now she just takes Midol and goes her way in comfort because MiDOL tablets contain: • An exclusive anti-spasmodic that Stops Cramping . . . • Medically-approved ingredients that Relieve Headache and Back ache . . . Calm Jumpy Nerves . . • A special, mood-brightening medication that Chases "Blues." "WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW FREE ! Frank, revealing 32-page book, explain womanhood's most common physical problems Written by a physician. Write Dpt. B93, Box 280, New York 18, N.Y. (Sent in plain wrapper.l OF PAIN... WITH MIDOL continued color and featured such things as a disappearing theater. . . . You see, you press a button and out of the woodwork — just like that, in sixtyfive seconds — comes a theater, seating 289 folks. Press it again and whoosh, the seats disappear! . . . The humor of the situation was not lost by those seeing this mechanical wizardry. "I can just see the announcer telling the people," said one, " 'All right now, if you don't applaud, we're gonna press that button.' "... "I've heard of pressed duck," said another, sensing what would happen if the button went off with the people still inside their seats, "but now we have pressed peacock!" Beautiful French dancer Noelle Adam, of "The Keefe Brasselle Show," says her English is so good these days, people are accusing her of exaggerating her French to retain the foreign image. "My Engleesh," she claims, "eez not so very good as people theenk. I am steel learning from my husband and baby (Broadway actor Sydney Chaplin and Stephan, 2x/2). "My bebe see me on television for the first time — dancing with a policeman. He say to me. 'Mama, Mama, eez not good to dance with a policeman.' I tell him it is not bad to dance with a policeman, but he says it not right. So he cry." Show-Stopping: Jim Tushar, a Cleveland lad, might've thought he was making an old-fashioned movie where the unknown steps into the limelight and stops the show cold . . . but the camera he was looking in was the modern television kind and not the 35-mm. Hollywood variety . . . And it was really happening. Jim, who'd sung and danced in the chorus of "The Garry Moore Show" for three seasons, was given a solo shot on the show and his rendition of a new ballad, "In All My Life," set the phones to ringing in every agent's office in the city. "It's the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me," said Jim after he stopped the show. "Everything's happening so fast, I don't know what to do. I'm just going to stick with whatever Garry and Joe (producer Hamilton) tell me to do." Right now, they're trying to get a record out on the stands. Fearless Forecasts: There will be twice as many Negroes on TV next year as now. It's part of the trend. . . . The use of TV sets in automobiles (in the back seats, for mom and the children) will become a problem that may require legislation. The complaint will be that the growing practice is bad because it makes the driver irritable and unhappy that he can't watch, too. . . . Sophia Loren will make a deal to do a "tour of Rome" TV show something like the one Jackie Kennedy did at the White House. . . . Elizabeth Ashley— of "The Carpetbaggers" and, before that, of "Take Her, She's Mine" — will be the most sought-after young actress for TV, in a few months. Though they call her a "kooky character," because she states nonconformist opinions, she's a huge talent whom TV will have to land. Atlantic City figures that Telstar will be a big, big thing next summer and the coverage of the Democratic National Convention there will be the greatest break the town ever got. "When Telstar shows the Atlantic Ocean rolling in toward the boardwalk, and shows it all over the world, Atlantic City will become the biggest resort between Texas and the moon," predicted one of the city's sons. Why isn't Eddie Fisher back on TV regularly? His business in the night clubs — such as at the Americana Royal Box — has been stupendous. He appeared to have broken records of previous top stars almost everywhere. There have been hints by Eddie's managers that they were about to make big TV deals . . . yet spokesmen for two of the networks contended that they were not greatly interested now. They could have been saying that for bargaining purposes, possibly. Yet, if Eddie isn't signed for TV fairly soon, due to his cafe drawingpower, I'll think there's something wrong somewhere — more than meets the eye. Alarm Clocks and Coffee: Carol Burnett confesses that hers was not an easy transition from the small-screen world of television to the big-screen world of movies. Getting up early was tough. Even