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...Bergen Evans. 5. Louis Martz...
...York adman made a few helpful suggestions last year about a new TV panel show called Down You Go. He told Producer Lou Cowan to 1) get rid of his "adenoidal moderator," Bergen Evans, 2) replace his unknown panelists with glittering celebrities, and 3) telecast the show from Manhattan instead of Chicago. Then, the adman thought, there might be a chance of finding a sponsor...
...professor of English at Northwestern University, Bergen Evans brings to TV a nicely turned academic wit and an impressive fund of miscellaneous information ("When Queen Victoria became a Knight of the Garter, she had it put on her arm, not her leg"). He first showed his debunking talents in his 1946 book, The Natural History of Nonsense, which shied irreverent rocks at some of mankind's most venerable myths. Before Down You Go, Evans made trial TV runs on several local shows, recalls that one of them was so bad it was watched "only by members of my immediate...
American students will have the opportunity to study the humor of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden through a $4,500 donation by radio humorist Edgar Bergen to the American-Scandinavian Foundation, it was announced yesterday. Three scholarships have been established...
...Bergen awards will be granted to students of literature, psychology, or any related liberal arts field. Bergen believes that the study of Scandinavian humor will create a better understanding in America of the Northern European countries...