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o G O Wednesday, December 7. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE r ' G o 0 7 Sy, S' r K ft, ' ', ' y 'A ftyy yy yy y, 'yyyyyyy yy ,' I 'fyW Mrfr f ,y r y yyyy -,y y? " y , 4, - fy, y y fm0mm,M,yyyy2-y, fry, , $ f ' 4 ygr yff yy , y , t jpv, yy 1 yj- y y,iT yy y 4 fx. - 3 7 If 2Zw ititZi '& - rM ; ,s?,i y ' y ,y y .&sswsx&lrt& ""WINNING "CORN KING?' CROWN second consecutive year, Willard C. Kirk, Jeffersonville, 0., displays ten ears judges voted best among 1,000 entries at Chicago's International Livestock Exposition grain and hay show. (International) Wisconsin Village World Yo-Yo Capital Luck Wis. (UP) This yo-yo's at a rate 3,600 per hour. village, not to be outdone by Milwaukee's claim to fame as a beer producer, calls itself the "yo-yo" capital of the world. A plant in the town turns out They come in 18 different coi ors. And, just in case you think this is a small business, the plant uses 1,000,000 board feet of lumber a year. Writing Suitable TV Show Tough Job; Most Ideas Find Way Into Wastebaskets By WILLIAM EWALD New York (U.P.) "I have an idea for a television show," the letter started . . . "First you paint the floor of the studio in large squares like a checkerboard. Then you get 24 midgets. Twelve of the midg ets you dress in black and 12 in white ..." The misguided missile, the brainstorm of a TV addict who seemed to have blown some tubes, landed in the lap of NBC's Ross Donaldson. It is Donaldson and his weary staff of 11 who wade through the mountainous pile of more than 3000 program ideas that pour into the net work each year. Most, sad to say, wind up in the wastebasket. "We'd like to assure people that we're interested in ideas," says Donaldson, but almost ev erything we receive from peo ple outside the industry is un usable. The principal thing wrong with them is that they don't give us enough informa tion about their idea." Donaldson pointed out that the rejection rate of ideas from outside the network is high only about three to five per cent ever reach the stage where they are seriously considered. And only a fraction of one per cent are bought. "Even when we buy an idea," said Donaldson "we usually only buy it for one element, like the title. We recently bought a title, "The Mind's Eye," because it's in line with some idea of our own we have in mind." For viewers who feel they have a hot TV idea baking in their ovens, Donaldson suggest ed the following procedure . . . First, write to the network asking for a "policy form." The form is protection for the net work the signer agrees to rely on the "good faith" of the network in determining the am ount of compensation. Then, send in the signed pol icy form along with the idea. The presentation should be as complete as possible it should include the title, description of the format, likely casting candi dates and budget suggestions. It also helps if you know a star like Danny Kaye or Clark Gable and you can guarantee him for a lead role. "The presentation can range anywhere from five to 50 pages" pointed out Donaldson. "There is no particular blueprint for writing it." However, Donaldson suggest ed that suggestion-box contribu tors steer clear of common pit falls. ' "When something happens like 'The $64,000 Question,' we get hundreds of quiz ideas," he said. "Almost all of them sug gest programs that give away say, $100,000 or a million dol lars that's not really an idea. Neither is a variation of an old quiz show like 'Information Please' or 'Pot of Gold' or 'Songs for Sale.' " REAL SV2ft3EY- LAUNDRY-From SAVERS our Store argain OPEN TONIGHT Until 9:00 p.m. EASY TERMS Low Christmas Special Prices o o RYER Model DA520 Big Capacity. Operates On Either 115 or 230 Volts. Price Includes Delivery Installation and Venting. 1 Year Parts and Labor Warranty. FREE! FREE! 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