TV Radio Mirror (Jul - Dec 1962)

Mary Tyler Moore's elopement took CBS by surprise. They had no idea whom she'd wed. The name, gents, is Grant Tinker— an NBC-TV exec. . . . After selling his interest in EvansPicone sportswear, Bob Evans is after sewing up the seams of his film career. His ex, shapely Sharon Hugueny, is now trying it on for size with AnnMargret's ex, Burt Sugarman. . . . That cruise Dick Powell and June Allyson took added up to a three-month "second honeymoon." . . . Advert for a Los Angeles lunch plate: "Motherin-law Special — Cold shoulder and tongue." . . . Caught at the women's press club: "There's a new doll on the market called 'The Liz.' You don't wind it — just push the Burton!" SfcpiCodd Sta)dt KeadJM&-iA,ovJl by EUNICE FIELD That's What They're Saying: As Danny Kaye's sidekick in "Man from the Diner's Club," Cara Williams confides: "Instead of pay, I wish they'd give me a lifelong unlimited credit card — so I could eat forever and never get a bill!" ... In spite of the loyal gang-up by the press and his friends to boost his morale, Eddie Fisher laid a bomb at his Cocoanut Grove comeback What Every American Home Should Have — according vo Kirk Douglas — is a steam room "to sweat out the problems and let off steam when the goin's rough." . . . Fess Parker doffed his Davy Crockett cap for modern-day clothes (the first time he'll wear 'em on TV) for ABC's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," bowing Sept. 29th. . . . After Lucille Ball's wedding to Gary Morton, they were calling the studio "Desi-blues" — but now her ex, Arnaz, seems happy again. ... TV will really become a "vast wasteland" if allowed to go on splitting old movies into installments. This could get down to making Johnny Q. Public watch one film four nights in a T row — just to find out how it ends! Judi Meredith's wedding present from Richard Boone was a promotion for husband Gary Nelson — up to director of the "Have Gun" episode in which she's starring. . . . Another newlywed is sunny Ginny Simms, top singer oh-so-long with Kay Kyser. Groom: Don Eastvold, former Attorney General of the state of Washington. Best man: Ish Kabibble, another Kyser alumnus. . . . Happiness re-visited: Best wedding news of the year for pals of James Craig was his remarriage to his ex-wife, Mary. His passel of kids are happy, too. . . . Billy ("Father Knows Best") Gray — convicted on dope charges — to appeal. . . . Don Taylor a-courtin1 Hazel — pretty actress Hazel Court, that is! Rumors on the Rocks: That Matt, Kitty and Doc conspired so as to get Dennis Weaver's big variety series nixed — so Chester would have to keep imping around Dodge City with them on "Gunsmoke." . . . That when Marie Wilson, buxom blonde star of yesteryear's "My Friend Irma," was asked why she hadn't been on TV lately, her so-simple answer was: "Nobody asked me — that's why!" <-m <■ Kathy Nolan swore — once she left "The Real McCoys" — she'd gussy up as a glamour gal and go high-fashion. So how come she was back in the old gingham for a "Gunsmoke" — her first TV stint since returning from New York? . . . With the announcement that Dwayne Hickman and Tuesday Weld are "talking again" and she's cast in the new "Dobie Gil lis" mishmash, a teenie wit predicted: "There will be days when we won't get dialogue between them . . . but just two monologues on one soundtrack. . . ." v ///// J ///// J Dear Drs. Kildare and Casey: Since Dick ("Medic") Boone traded his scalpel for a gun, I seem to be the elder statesman among TV docs. You young M.D.s might gain by a small consultation. . . . On my first "Donna Reed Show" (I'm her hubby, Dr. Petersen) the A.M.A. caught me with my stethoscope on backwards. Were they mad! They forgave me only after I lost ten pounds, joined a gym and took elocution lessons. TV doctors, they said, must not mar the "image." . . . So, lads, here is my advice to keep in good with the A.M. A., the P.T.A. and your fans: Shave twice a day, stay trim, always carry Materia Medica and never say "fee." Your practice may then equal mine. . . . Luck, Carl Betz. 10