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Lives It Up Lorelei (Jane Nigh) and Steve Wilson (Pat McVey) help catch a murderess, played by Courteen Landis. But she won't suffer much, because she's actually Mrs. Pat Mc¬ Vey in real life. Courteen is a native of Milwaukee. Pat McVey and Mary K. Wells (a for¬ mer Lorelei). His specialty; Blondes. solved in 30 minutes, right on the button. This is great stuff, and highly efficient, say the press boys, but they sigh heavily think¬ ing of all the major crimes still unsolved in the police files of all great cities. The only support Steve Wilson will get on this will come from the Mystery Writers of America. It would certainly be mighty refreshing some time to have “Big Town” go off the air with editor Steve hopelessly trussed up head-to-toe, with a cider press steadily grind¬ ing down on him—and not a friend in sight. That’s the sort of thing that makes switch¬ board operators go crazy, and telephone companies declare dividends. Naturally, all this sniping isn’t going to discourage Steve Wilson, because in real life he is Pat McVey, a fellow who was get¬ ting pretty benumbed by hard work & bad luck before the “Big Town” series was launched. McVey is a Fort Wayne, Ind., boy who aspired to be a lawyer. “I don’t want to be an actor, they’re all crazy,” he told his high school dramatic coach. So he finished at University of Indiana, then Indiana Law School. In fact, he practiced law for two years. Then McVey left law practice and headed for the west coast, where he picked up off jobs and played in amateur theatricals for several years. His first movie bit was in “Sergeant York,” which earned him |50. In 1939, a San Fernando Valley flood wiped out his home there. In 1942, McVey entered the army as a buck private, and saw service in Washington state and Cold Bay, Alaska. He was discharged in 1945 and returned to summer stock, by which route he made his journey to the Broadway stage, usually playing hardboiled press agents and report¬ ers. In 1950, McVey won the TV auditions for “Big Town” and has felt comparatively at home battling TV villains ever since. “And who wouldn’t be,” chorus the U. S. press, “with gorgeous blonde assistants, 30- minute work-weeks, and every badman tail¬ ored for a pratfall?” “Big Town” is seen on channel 4 (WCCO- TV) on Monday at 10:00 p.m. Well, who wouldn't be tired — interviewing blondes, working 30 minutes a week, knocking off badmen. TV FORECAST AND GUIDE