TV Guide (September 4, 1954)

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Two In Love Two in Love is a blood brother to Bride and Groom, a first cousin to This Is Your Life and no kin whatso¬ ever to creditable television. With apologies to no one, but pre¬ sumably with at least the grudging consent of all concerned, the show puts a rather glaring spotlight on a Romantic footnotes are sought by Bert Parks from engaged couple. young engaged couple, dragged into it all by doting, we-want-to-get-on- television friends. One by one the friends get up in front of the camera and tell intimate details about how this couple met or why they want to get married or why they really de¬ serve the money more than anybody else. There is, of course, money involved. It is called a nest egg, naturally, and is amassed through a quiz process in¬ volving the friends, the usual ques¬ tions, the inevitable race against a ticking clock. Between questions, the hapless groom-to-be is expected to tell a lot of gawking strangers exactly what he said to his girl when he asked her to marry him and she, in turn, is expected to quote verbatim her own dialogue at the time. The emcee is veteran Bert Parks, who apparently can brazen his way through anything.—D.J. , UN1NG 4Q By OLLIE CRAWFORD Television used to direct Army com¬ bat maneuvers. It’s a new meaning for TV—Tired Veterans. • The show was like Person to Per¬ son, but the bullets were marked “To Whom It May Concern.” • When the shells started bursting, one GI figured he was starring in that TV show , Three Steps to Heaven. He knew it was all right for Portia to face life, but he was facing extinc¬ tion. He decided to be one of TV’s Western stars, because the rest of the army was headed East. • The general can now watch a whole battle on TV, even if it adds to the general confusion. • At this rate, our top general in the next war may be Robert Montgomery. The general can sit and enjoy the show on TV, until the enemy makes a personal appearance. • It was cannon to the left of him, cannon to the right of him, but he kept grinning at the camera in front of him. • It was all TV, even when Private Richard took down the tent. They told him, “Strike it, Rich.” 23