Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hooked with the Measles. Calling the tune as he hears it, Columnist Gleason has earned such a reputation among San Francisco jazz addicts that his column of praise made a hit out of Louie Armstrong's earthy recording of Mack the Knife after it had been all but ignored by local stations. On occasion, the amiable Gleason can peel skin. He risked the formidable anger of Pat Boone fans by describing Pat as "nice, clean-cut, antiseptic, spiritless, pallid, pretentious and even a bit of a phony." Last week, in his syndicated column, he took a long look...
...Fireproof Tile. Armstrong Cork Co. put on sale a new acoustical ceiling tile that it hopes will cut costs in public buildings. Fire codes require heavy insulation of beams before applying ceiling tile; Armstrong's Fire-Guard tile eliminates the need by interlocking to form its own insulation. Price: 75? to $1.10 for a foot-square tile...
...Armstrong Circle Theater (CBS, 10-11 p.m.).* A composite history of the dedicated gambler, with guest psychiatrist to explain what it all means...
...Armstrong Circle Theater (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). A re-creation of last year's mine disaster at Springhill, Nova Scotia, in which, amazingly, twelve men were found alive a week after the cave-in, seven more two days after that...
Caught in his shorts by a Swedish photographer, portly Jazzman Louis Armstrong, his anger largely mock, responded with a Marquess of Queensberry pose most likely to invite a snappy right cross. Later, somewhat more warmly garbed, Satchmo grabbed horn and handkerchief, strutted from his dressing room to wow 3,000 cats in frosty (45° below zero), far-off Umea (pop. 17,000) with a rafter-ringing set of fine old stomping tunes...