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The Bulletin, Friday, February 21, 1964 DENNIS, THE MENACE ...Att UTS GetSM rWPWOStfWU H'SCM CmSf vmwrs an' some cucKOWur moon cooKiesi - Television in review Jonathan Winters got too much protection on his hour show By Rick D j Brow UPI Stiff Wrlttr HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Jona than' Winters, a wild, incisive comedian who needs no protec tion oh a stage, got so much of it Thursday night on his first NBC-TV special that he was al most smothered into featured billing. He was given little op portunity to sustain his person al mood, and the hour col lapsed into a rarely-relieved disappointment. . Perhaps the very special na ture of Winters' humor is sim ply better suited to a half hour format, in which ho can dom inate ye not risk overdoing his unusual approach. Thursday night,, in what outwardly ap- Annual sales melee held in Capital WASHINGTON (UPI) Thou sands ot hungry-eyed bargain hunters jostled and elbowed for places at the head of the 11ns today in the capital's tradi tional Washington's Birthday Sales.'. Shoppers, soma of whom wait ed throughout the night in sub freezing temperatures, sought bargains in the downtown area such as 99-cent sewing ma chines, $1 fur coats and $5 used cars-all "as is." The annual melee moved into full swing a day earlier than usual this year because the holi day falls on a Saturday and gov ernment workers had today off. Most stores planned to stretch the bargain hunt into a two-day affair. . . The best bargains are usually snapped up early. Competition is stiffest when toe early-morning shoppers jockey for position in front of stores. Police offi cials ordered almost 100 addi tional officers into the down town area to bolster normal forces on the front lines. The Washington's Birthday Sales started in 1919 when Wal ter Nordlinger put a batch of sun-faded dress shirts into the window of his store at SO cents each. The response was so good he continued the practice each year and soon it spread throughout the city. Goldwater says he would fire Sec McNamara PORTSMOUTH, N.H., (UPI) -Sen, Barry Goldwater says If he were president he would fire Defense Secretary Robert 5. McNamara. Winding up a three-day tour of the state Thursday, the Art xona conservative again crit icized McNamara for saying long-range missiles were more reliable than manned bombers. "If he were my secretary of defense, he'd be baok making Edsels for Ford the next day," Goldwater said. Prior to being named defense secretary by President Kennedy, McNamara was president of Ford Motor Co. Goldwater said McNamara's missile stand was "orobablv the stupidest statement ever made by a secretary of de fense." VOTI DUI MEDFORD (UPI) - Medford school district patrons will vote March 10 on a $4,850,000 bond issue to finance construction of a new secondary school and renovations and additions to ele mentary schools and the admin istration building. Anne hopes to make big Jump to dramatic acting peared to be a wise move to flesh out the hour, Art Carney and the New Christy Muistrels were brought in as guests. But in the various skits and produc tions that television seems to feel are required even for bril liantly individual talents. Win ters simply became over sad dled with "bits" and "things." Furthermore, when perform ers start falling back on blue numor and nuances of the rou tine kind, it is a clear sign they are in trouble. Part of this undoubtedly stemmed from the fact that some of the routines were reported to have been heavily ad-libbed. If one did not know how spectacularly funny Winters can be when unfettered by "bits," it would be temp tine to say the hour was a strong lesson that ad-libbing is not, per se, funny. For a while, one wondered whether Winters would ever get free of his "protection." After brief opening remarks as his "Maude Fricker" character. he was joined by Carney who then dominated a funny-hats se quence. Then Winters, off-cam era, made various and gen erally uninspired comments as excerpts were shown on the movie "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," in which lie was outstanding. Then the New Christy group came on, and he improvised some routine lyrics to folk songs with the singers as backing; appropriate to the hour, he was drowned out at the end by them, There was some more clown ing with Carney. And in a lengthy skit in which Maude Frickert celebrated her 100th birthday, Carney was again on hand, and so were the New Christy Minstrels, and they didn't help things much. This Winters admirer hopes he will be given the courtesy of being left alone more often on his next special. The Channel Swim: Dean Martin hosts ABC-TV's "Holly wood Palace" March 7. . .The Leonard Bernstein Young Peo ple's Concerts were renewed by CBS-TV for two more seasons . . .Kim Novak Is the subject of NBC-TV's "Hollywood and the Stars" March 9. CBS-TV's "Tell It To The Camera" series exits next month. . .ABC-TV, which did away with its weekly prime time movies this season, is said to be considering bringing them back. . .NBC-TV already has re newed its two weekly motion pictures. By Vernon Scott UPI Staff Wrlttr HOLLYWOOD (UPI) -In the shadowy world of television commercials there's a star sys tem that works just like the one in movies. "Stars" get the lead roles in the one-minute sales pitches, supporting players and extras fill in with minor parts or silent bits. It's a fairly rigid caste system. Seldom however, does a com mercial star become a dramatic actor. But Anne Roberts Is going to try. Anne is the fetching bru nette who is seen regularly on video pushing a deodorant (for Proctor and Gamble). Profes sionally, she prefers to call the product an anti-perspirant. It s a long haul from huck stering for deodorants to play ing, say, Lady Macbeth, but Anne is undaunted. Her status as a pitch-artist is evident in the fact that she was given a professional name, "Katie Winters," to advise un initiated televiewers to the de lights of anti-perspirant protection. New Horixont There are few worlds left for her to conquer in commercials. I mean, where do you go from deodorants? Sinus draining? Stomach acid? Corn plasters? No, Anne had reached the top of her profession. It was time tor ner to conquer new news. So she moved recently from her Greenwich Village apart ment to a Hollywood Hills apartment. It's a gamble. She earned a fortune in commer cials, and there are thousands of semi-starved young actresses in tinsel town. "I came out here to be a star," Anne said, her voice ringing with the sincerity she learned in commercials. "I'm a very good actress and I needed a challenge. Commer cials get stagnant and dull alter a wnue. mere s no oppor tunity to give a real performance." Anne does not expect to start out in movies or dramatic tele vision shows as a star. She must work her way up the caste system just as she did in the dark world of huckstering. It's different for dramatic stars who poach in commercial ter ritory. They start at the top. No Place For Stars She resents seeing movie stars in commercials, just as a house-painter might brood about Picasso suddenly deciding to in vade the Rouse-painting racket, They both use paint and brush es, but there s a difference. "If the star needs the money, okay," said Anne. "But other wise I don't think they should take jobs away from commer cial performers." Anne also hopes to find a little more respect for her pro fession in Hollywood. In the jungle of commercials perform ers are never referred to as He had plane all to himself bostom mpn r i. nv. nearson of Wayland Thursday had four engines, two pilots, one engineer, two stewardesses and 95 seats all to himself. Eastern Air Lines said Ry nearson was the 96th nassenser to show up at National Airport in Washington fnr an nlr ahnftlA flight to Boston. The flight car ries us passengers. Ten minutes after Rvnearsnn was left standing alone on the Dlatform. another fnur-enrfnA Super G Constellation taxied to me apron 10 taxe xtynearson here. He was the only nnuAn. ger on the special flight. actors." Instead they are called talent, pitchmen, and uncouthly, cattle. It will be nice to work in something with more than a one a day shooting schedule said Anne. "And I hope l can keeo my record clear out here like l did in New xortc. inoii once did I ever go on unem ployment between jobs even thouen most ot tne oetter people do go stand in line when work is scarce. In case her dramatic career doesn't work out, Anne is cov ering all bases. As a sideline she is studying opera, which is about as far from commercials as you can get. Answer due from Franco MADRID (UPI)-Gen. Fran cisco Franco's cabinet, meeting! the day after the sale of 1501 Spanish trucks to uuoa was an nounced, today prepared an an swer to a U.S. request fori "clarification" of spanisn trad ing policy with the island. The cabinet decision was ex pcted by Saturday. Sources close to tne government indi cated Thursday night that thel Spanish view is that doing dusi- ness with Cuba does not con flict with Spain's defense agree-! ments witn tne united states. The United States, acting tol tighten its embargo on trade! with Premier Fidel Castro's is-l land, announced military aidl cutoffs this week to Britain France, Yugoslavia, and Moroc-I co. It informed Spain that thel ssi.b annual military aid it gets from Washington would be frozen at its present level pending an explanation of what steps Spain is taking to halt trade witn uioa. Woman faces assault charge DALLAS (UPI)-Mrs. Maryl Elizabeth Stone, 47, of Fortl Worth was charged with assault! with intent to murder Thursday! in a snooting tnat involved U.S. Senate candidate Gordon Mc- Lendon. McLendon called for an inves tigation of Mrs. Stone's "com plete background" Thursday. Mrs. Stone had an airline agent! page McLendon at Dallas' Lovel Field then fired wildly at W. W, Dyer, 48, of Dallas, mistaking! him for McLendon Wednesday nignt. There were no Injuries. BAD EXAMPLE LONDON (UPI) - The Post! Office said today it has been flooded with complaints about! faulty coin slots in telephone booths following a television program on which a performer! extracted money from a coin box with a trick. 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