The Bulletin, Friday, February 21, 1964
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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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