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Word: beanblossom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hundreds of actors dropped by the Hollywood moviemakers in 1947 as they cut budgets in fear of TV's inroads. He then signed up for a filmed TV series called My Hero, in which he played the role of a nutty real estate salesman named Beanblossom. The show was so bad that not even an agent would come near him after it was released (although, on the strength of his name. 34 films are still being shown by TV stations across the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The 1,000-Watt Bulb | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

...Hero (Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., NBCTV) stars Cinemactor Robert Cummings in a filmed series about Robert Beanblossom, a bumbling real-estate salesman who is "a sort of likable jerk." He sets the tone of the leading character in the first show as he barely holds to his job and desperately tries to earn some commissions ("Even my friends are making more money than I am, and they're unemployed"). The gags are broad (Cummings to a vamp: "Be careful, I'm already committed." Vamp to Cummings: "You may have to be, when I'm through with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

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