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The Gene Autry Show PROGRAM OF THE WEEK Gene Autry is probably the richest cowboy riding the range these days. He has made literally millions in movies, rodeos and merchandise items and is now corralling a new fortune on TV. All of which means that view¬ ers are getting a wealth of production trappings with the Gene Autry Show. It’s too bad the stories for these little half-hour opuses don’t always match. Gene apparently works on the as¬ sumption that what was good enough for the kids at Saturday movie mati¬ nees is good enough for kids who watch him from the living room rug. Only trouble is that his telefilms en¬ joy a prime evening spot on a na¬ tional network, which means that adults often tune in. And the weekly yarns, while liked by the moppets, are in too much of a rut for the ma¬ jority of their elders. On TV as in his countless movies Autry plays Gene Autry. He has no official title or function, but he’s al¬ ways in there using his fists and guns on the side of the law. This weekly triumph of good over evil makes for beneficial viewing for the kids, and maybe that’s Autry’s sole aim. Pat Buttram, a portly buffoon with a nasal twang, delights the youngsters as Gene’s bumbling partner. He’s the standard fraidy-cat, frightened at a sign of violence but ready and able to backstop Gene. Others in the cast are uniformly competent. That’s My Boy TV writers usually have it tough building one half-hour show around a single situation. Pity the writers of That’s My Boy!, Eddie Mayehoff’s new situation comedy: they must concoct an entire season of half-hour pro¬ grams on a solitary theme. Mayehoff plays Jarrin’ Jack Jack- son, a fabulous athlete in his college days, now blessed with a nearsighted, bookwormish son, whose chief claim to athletic prowess is his ability to lift a heavy dictionary. The series revolves around Mayehoff’s efforts to imbue his son with the old rah-rah spirit and “make a man” of him. Most laughs on the show are due to fine work by Mayehoff, who played the same role in a Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis movie, with Jerry as the son. He’s a master satirist and, with one Mayehoff, son: football for a bookworm. of the most mobile faces on TV, milks that lonely situation to the limit. Gil Stratton, Jr., is a near-perfect choice for the son’s role. He looks the part and has learned the secret of underplaying, which makes him a fine foil for Mayehoff’s bombasts. Rochelle Hudson, ex-movie star, is Junior’s mother.— R.S. 14