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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Friday, January 24 THE FRENCH-AMERICAN CHALLENGE CUP (ABC, 9-10 p.m.). Members of the French and American professional ski teams compete for the Challenge Cup on the slopes of Aspen, Colo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Cinema, Books: Jan. 24, 1969 | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

BING CROSBY PRO-AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP (ABC, 6-7:30 p.m.). The third round from Pebble Beach, Calif. Fourth round Sunday from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Cinema, Books: Jan. 24, 1969 | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

...Philadelphia, where, among other things, he found a job as a circus clown. It was not long before he was one of Philadelphia's best-known TV personalities. He met Carson on a trip to New York, and Johnny hired him in 1958 as his sidekick on ABC's Who Do You Trust? In 1962 Carson took him along to Tonight, and they have been sinking baskets ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Announcers: The Pitchman | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

...ABC's Dick Cavett, a former Tonight writer and more recently a guest host, says that "Ed has mastered a very tricky thing. It's like a man learning to dance well without leading. There is an unslick look to him, which is good. For an announcer, he seems human-and so often announcers don't because they are too well-spoken, too well-groomed and too regular-featured." He can be sharp and funny, even at Carson's expense. Last week, when the boss muffed an imitation of John Wayne, Ed cracked: "You sound like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Announcers: The Pitchman | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

Last week Westin went, all right, but not for broke. Come March, he announced, he will leave PBL to take over as executive producer of ABC's nightly Frank Reynolds news show. Westin's new job will probably pay him between $50,000 and $60,000 a year (about what he earned at PBL). The imminent departure reinforced industry rumors that PBL will soon be going too. The Ford Foundation's TV consultant, Fred Friendly, would say only that "no decision has been reached at this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public TV: Due to Circumstances . . . | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

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