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Dorothy Collins Has a Problem; Janis Carter, Girl Braintruster NEW YORK . . . NBC is worried about Dorothy Collins’ weight since the Your Hit Parade songstress had her baby. Dorothy changed her hairdo, hoping to look thinner . . . Un¬ like most actresses, Janis Carter, of Feather Your Nest, is a scholar. She t holds two degrees from Western Re¬ serve. One reason she prefers TV to Hollywood is that when she went into movies and mentioned her col¬ lege background, one of her closest advisers said: “I think it’d be best around here if you kept it quiet about getting a college degree. And for heaven’s sake, don’t ever, ever mention that you have TWO degrees!” ■ Garry Moore’s vocalist, Denise Lor, is being guarded when she leaves the studio—since some screwball got on stage during the show and began expressing his love for her. He had a bottle, flung it into the air. Nobody tried to stop him when he started on stage. Everybody thought he was a ^‘surprise guest.” He was, too. ■ How come this writer, who has a crew cut, has been mistaken lately for both Garry Moore and George Gobel? ... A film of Fred Allen’s second quiz show, shown to a couple of sponsors last spring, is being kept under wraps until next spring—when clients suddenly find themselves in urgent need of new shows. . . . Some TV comics think they shouldn’t be seen more than once a month. Bert Lahr, who is constantly asked to perform some of his semi-classic comedy routines (like “The Wood- chopper”) is declining to do them more than once a year. • Bill Cullen noticed that a friend of one of his relatives was eligible for a prize on one of the Cullen shows, managed to maneuver him out of the running. Bill didn’t want any¬ body to think he was helping throw prizes to friends . . . Jerry Lester, one of TV’s “greats” only three years ago, is now in Australia doing ..per¬ sonal appearances ... A Broadway TV writer was asked, “Do you have steady work now?” He replied, “No. I’m with Red Buttons.” ■ Margaret Truman’s agreed to do three or four more shows for Jimmy Durante in late winter or spring. The Schnoz will be on all summer, via film (“fillum,” Jimmy calls it) he’ll make in May and June. Jimmy has a letter from Harry Truman, thanking him for being nice to Margaret, and refers to his act, when she’s on, as “Truman, Jackson and Durante.” ■ Robert Montgomery’s suggestions on President Eisenhower’s TV style have finally begun to pay off. “Ike” was so eloquent —and smooth —at a recent dinner that his speech topped all others. Montgomery sat on the front row—“watching him like a mother,” said one observer. Mont¬ gomery, homburg-hatted and all, looks almost like a diplomat these days. ■ Janis Paige has one of the big¬ gest TV writers slowly, carefully drafting a series for her—for after the closing of her Broadway hit, “Pajama Game.” One adviser wants her to capitalize on the show’s pub¬ licity and call her TV series Pajama Girl. 23