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A RT LINKLETTER’s House Party falls into the groove already dug by most daytime TV shows. There’s a little comedy, a little audience partici¬ pation, plenty of Linkletter and an abundance of corn. But, like most other afternoon programs, this one is not meant to be taken seriously. It fulfills its purpose of entertaining the housewife audience. Art’s show is unique in one way. There is no cast of regular performers on hand each day to spell the emcee, such as those who backstop Arthur Godfrey, Robert Q. Lewis, Garry Moore and Jack Paar. Linkletter han¬ dles the entire show himself. Ex¬ cept for the commercials and station breaks, he’s on camera for the half- hour, either interviewing guest celeb¬ rities and members of his studio au¬ dience or — his specialty — kibitzing with a group of kids. That he carries off the stint is a tribute to his pleasant personality and warm good humor. The show is well planned, sporting a different roundup of features each day. During recent weeks, for ex¬ ample, Linkletter conducted a contest to find the oldest father of the young¬ est child, paying off each contestant with a handsome gift. He interviewed such personalities as movie columnist Sheilah Graham and one-time movie star Mae Clarke, and asked his studio audience to suggest ideas for inven¬ tions we still need. Art permitted his studio audience, incidentally, to ques¬ tion Miss Graham about their movie favorites. His obvious amusement at their queries about phony romances proved that he himself doesn’t take the thing too seriously. Linkletter’s question - and - answer session each day with a panel of four kids stands out as the best feature of the show. He’s not the first to capital¬ ize on that “out of the mouths of babes” dodge, but he probably gets more out of the routine. The father of a large family, he puts the kids at their ease and handles them adroitly. 20