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^ Emcee Hal March quizzes a guest on gimmick-packed $64,000 Quesfion. Wednesday night show was given over to Frankie Laine, who poses no immediate threat to the redheaded philosopher of the airwaves; while Jackie Gleason wisely filled his Sat¬ urday night spot with the ear-sooth¬ ing Greatest Bands of America. As for the “spectaculars,” mostly they weren’t. “Remember . . . 1938” was a melancholy mishmash. “Sven- gali and the Blonde” was rescued by Ethel Barrymore. “One Touch of Ve¬ nus,” despite the appealing attractive¬ ness of Janet Blair, can only be de¬ scribed as a bore. But “The King and Mrs. Candle” was an amusing, highly- stylized spoof. The Hume Cronyn-Jes¬ sica Tandy tour de force, “The Four Poster,” was delightful. And “Wide Wide World” did NBC—and TV— proud. Good television, apparently, is some¬ what akin to the weather. Everybody talks about it, nobody does anything about it—yet occasionally, as though all by itself, along comes that rare day in June. It’s the waiting that can kill you.—D. J. By Ollie Crawford FINE TUNING Television-telephone demonstrated in California. Wait until this rings while you’re in the bathtub. • It’s hard to answer the phone when the bell is chiming: “The eyes of Texas are upon you.” • When this phone bell rings, only a belle will answer. The average gal may look like “toast of the town” in the evening, but she’s no star on the “morning show.” She’ll have to let the phone ring until she gets rid of the night cream and the hair curlers. • The TV personality she looks most like in the A.M. is on Zoo Parade. The video-telephone means the end of the blind date. It’s hard to convince a guy he has a date with a real doll when he can see the stufiing. He can take one look on the 10-inch screen and let out a 21-inch scream. • 'The guy who says he’s tied up at the office may be tied up in knots. It will be hard to convince the lit¬ tle woman that she’s only tuned in to Arthur Murray Dance Party. She knows the private secretary with him isn’t Ann Sothern. • The next big novelty will be false faces for the guy who wants to say; “Guess who this is?”