TV Guide (November 27, 1953)

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Milwaukee her lips over her Thanksgiving delec- tables. Squawky, of course, tried to out- i. chatter me. I listened to his parrot I palaverings long enough and then cut I him off with, “Bye-bye, old boy!” ! Foimd my conversational match, I though, when I went to the Pied Piper’s j forest at WBKB to check with Myrtle ; the Turtle. She’s the unseen telephone operator for the Grapevine Telephone and Telegraph Co., you know. It was a full two hours before I got her menu. But, I finally completed my inter¬ views, whizzed back to my typewriter in the treetops and knocked out the animals’ Thanksgiving menus. Thanks, boss, for the chance—and especially for that swell by-line. Yours respectfully, Maggie the Magpie. Bobo, the Woolly Dog Boiled Dinosaur Bones Spaghetti and Potted Meat Balls Shoe-Fly Pie Chocolate-covered Dog Biscuits a la Mode Creme de Cow I Myrtle the Turtle Baked Waterfly en casserole (garnished with fresh water kelp) Roast shoots of lily fronds on toasted fern leaf Mashed Dragonfly wings sand dabs au glace Aquavino ’^fei!^-' Dateline TV’s Week: A station in Davenport, la., WOC-TV, is up in arms over the Hearst Corp.’s plan to snag a VHF permit for Whitefish Bay near Milwaukee. The Iowa outlet claims the allocation would raise havoc on the air waves between Milwaukee and Davenport. The new UHF Television Assn, has already filed objections with the FCC. Meanwhile, three applicants are squabbling for the third VHF channel authorized for Mil¬ waukee proper. Are clowns passe? Lan Singer, who as Uncle Natco hosts WCAN-TV’s noon¬ time Kids Karnival, has forsaken his clown garb for a bizarre space suit. A boatload of mittens and sweaters, all knit by WTMJ-TV femme viewers, is en route to Korea for Christmas dis¬ tribution to needy children. Beulah Donohue’s campaign for the woolens via Woman’s World netted 1,182 items. Newcomer Clark Smith has been sad¬ dled with the job of keeping order on Club 25, WCAN-TV’s musical frolic targeted at teen-agers. He’s been named emcee of the Saturday (3:30 PM.) revels. A big reunion took place Thanks¬ giving Day on WTMJ-TV’s Behind the Screens show. Bill Carlsen, currently Channel 4’s weatherman, met the mem¬ bers of his old pre-war band. The New Show: Santa Claus (or his double) will headline a new daily sup¬ pertime feature (replacing TV Topics) on Channel 25, starting Nov. 30. As yet untitled, it will span the Christmas sea¬ son. WCAN-TV will also begin an edu¬ cational kid stanza it’s mapped out with the Milwaukee Museum this Sun.; Nov. 29 at 1 PM. And at 11:30 AM the same day, WTMJ-TV debuts Movies for Kids. Advance Tips on Shows: Toast of the Town will premiere at last in Milwau¬ kee on December 6. WCAN-TV (Chan¬ nel 25) will carry it Sundays at 7 PM. A-3