TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1957)

TO COAST and his brother-in-law, Bob Humecke, put up screens and painted the kitchen. On the third Saturday, George remarked, "This house has minny, minny walls." . . . Tennessee Ernie Ford bought a new bull, a prize Hereford, to go with the twentysix head of cattle on his northern California ranch. "The cows were lonesome as scarecrows in a corn patch, and everybody knows that imless cows are happy, they don't milk right. We sure got a lot of contented cows now," says Ernie. On the Run: Gail Patrick Jackson, coproducer of the upcoming Perry Mason series on CBS, has beautiful gray hair, but as Gail Patrick, movie star, the tall beauty was noted for her raven tresses. Seeing her on TV recently in an old movie, her two youngsters exclaimed: "Look, Mommy's wearing a wig!" . . . According to the rumor factory, Jan Clayton may be leaving the Lassie show. ... In her forthcoming series for CBS-TV, Lone Woman, Kathryn Grayson portrays an Indian. Miss Grayson doesn't sing, but she makes a mighty attractive squaw. . . . Dewey Martin speaking: "My biggest thrill? The time, in Spain, I fought a small but lively bull. My biggest mistake? Not getting out of his way!" . . . Do You Trust Your Wife?, the Edgar Bergen quizzer, started its second year on CBS-TV on New Year's Day. During the first fifty shows, contestants collected a total of $345,400 in hard cash. . . . Jeannie Carson's Hey, Jeannie! series is now being seen in England and Australia. The red-headed star, by the way, is scheduled to make a movie in England for J. Arthur Rank. . . . Guess who's writing the screenplay for the film Mario Lanza will make in Italy this simimer? Red Skelton, that's who. The story concerns an opera singer, with Lanza typecast. . . . Ann Sothem, whose Private Secretary series enjoyed so much success through the years, has no future plans for another TV series. And as long as her Sun Valley, Idaho sewing center continues its present thriving pace, she isn't going to be too concerned about finding another video meal-ticket. AU-Star Plans: Ralph Edwards is making secret plans for his 1957 summer vacation. Why secret? It's not that Ralph is trying to hide from fans, he's only trying to guarantee himself a quiet vacation. He is picking some spot miles away from radio, TV, telephone and newspapers, so that, no matter what happens, he won't be able to say, "Why, that story would be terrific for This Is Your Life" — and rush back into town to plan it. . . . Academy Award winner Mercedes McCambridge and her husband, Fletcher Markle, laimch their own TV production unit soon. With a choice role in the film, "Giant," and rave notices for her starring work in ABC-TV's Wire Service, Mercy is busy. But friends notice a change that has come over her recently. She is so happy in her marriage to Fletcher that she has lost the old push that used to be synonjmious with her talent. Mercy says happiness has sapped her old aggression. Three Guys and a Gal: Kuldip Singh (pronounced Cool-Dip Sing) is the former medical student from India who blossomed into a singing star after an appearance as a contestant on Groucho's You Bet Your Life. Now seen on ABC-TV's The Ray Anthony Show, he was scheduled to appear at twelve o'clock for a rehearsal of the George Gobel show. The cast was as She's Mother Eve Arden as a "foster parent" for Daniel Sens of France. sembled and waiting at noon. But no Kuldip. One o'clock. No Kuldip. Two o'clock and stUl no Kuldip. At 2:45, Kuldip was on the phone explaining that he was late because he was doing an interview for a newspaper. The paper, with a circulation of 500, was the University of Southern California's Daily Trojan. . . . Carole Richards of the Bob Crosby festivities on CBS-TV has bought a lodge at Lake Arrowhead for summer vacations. That's one way to beat the problem of reservations. . . . John Lupton and Fess Parker, whose friendship began several years ago when they were struggling unknowns sharing a room together, are just as close now that they are both successful. John, who plays Tom Jeffords on ABC-TV's Broken Arrow, has always felt that, to be a "real" cowboy, he ought to be able to play the guitar. He asked his friend to help and Fess brought out his antique dulcimer, an instrument used in the Ozarks around the turn of the century — seventeenth century, that is. After an hour, John decided he didn't take to music quite as naturally as he did to a saddle. "I hope nobody asks me to play in Carnegie Hall," he grinned. "In fact, I hope they don't ask me to play at all!" John and his wife, by the way, are expecting their first child momentarily. Champagne People: Heart attacks frighten us all, but last month brought good news for Myron Floren, popular accordionist on the Lawrence Welk shows. Myron, who has suffered for the_ last thirty years with a heart damaged by rheumatic fever, was told by his doctor that the condition had cleared up of itself. Only last year, Myron feared he would have to vmdergo a serious operation to correct the weakness. "For the first time in my life," Myron says happily, "I've been okayed for a life insurance policy. It's such a wonderful feeling to know that my wife and children have this protection." . . . Larry Dean's fan mail has tripled since he began singing duets with cute Dianne Lennon on Welk's show. The fans don't seem to care that twenty-year-old Larry Dean is married and the father of a four-year-old son, or that Dianne Lennon, seventeen, is more than slightly interested in Bob O'Neil, a Notre Dame student. Bob, in fact, spent Christmas holidays with Dianne. 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