TV Radio Mirror (Jul - Dec 1962)

Page scan 000242 from TV Radio Mirror

Record Details:

Title:
TV Radio Mirror
Date:
Jul - Dec 1962
Publisher:
MacFaddenPublications
Volume:
TV Radio Mirror (Jul - Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
000242
Language:
English
Collection:
Fan Magazines and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Radio Mirror (later known as Radio and Television Mirror) was a fan magazine for radio listeners and later TV viewers that includes profiles of the stars, visits to radio and television studios, and program listings. The early years in the 1930s show the interaction of motion pictures, recordings, the stage, radio and even politics. The role of radio in World War II is well covered in the 1940s, and by the 1950s the focus shifts to television and a new generation of personalities. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
July 25, 2024
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Why doesn't TV bring on some dames? I'm pretty sure I'd just as soon see Jayne Mansfield or Zsa Zsa Gabor, as, let's say, Vince Edwards— and I love Vince, who in real life is a personable Joe. Of course, Jayne would have to do something, and the question is, can Jayne do anything besides play that violin? Or come out of her shoulder straps? And can Zsa Zsa do anything (that wouldn't get the program thrown off the air) ? The sad truth is that some of our most beautiful women aren't seen on TV — and I think it's a great shame. And apparently the reason is that EARL they can't do anything. Well, the solution for that is to give them a program on which they don't have to do anything. You think that's silly, do you? Well, a few seasons ago there was a show all set to go, with Hal March as emcee, called simply, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World." It was set to go — and it went— it went away. Well, let's bring it back. Just think of the mail it would get . . . the angry mail from not-sogood-looking women who would scream their heads off about those pretty women being on TV and not able to do a blasted thing! Maybe if we have to have shows about doctors, lawyers and cowboys. we could have Marilyn Monroe, let's say, playing a doctor ; Brigitte Bardot as a lawyer, and Natalie Wood or Lee Remick as a cowboy. Sure, as Mr. Minow says, we ought to have serious viewing: Things like the Peace Corps in Afghanistan. But couldn't we have Liz Taylor or Arlene Dahl or Marie McDonald introducing the emcee, or moving the furniture around, or something . . . ? I suppose my idea will never catch on. But think back to the days when the most exciting thing on TV was Faye Emerson or Dagmar. And then there was Jackie Kennedy's tour of the White House — and, personally, I don't think that WILSON'S Special four-page gossip section: Who's in? Who's out? What's up? Each and every month, TV Radio Mirror brings you the scoopiest column in any magazine !