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...many ways Paar's vulnerability, his corniness and even his egocentricity are more appealing than the bland professionalism of a Johnny Carson, the empty-headed grin of a Merv Griffin, and the sometimes annoying coldness of a Dick Cavett (who will also have one week each month on ABC's Wide World of Entertainment). If Paar irritates, he also occasionally engages and surprises. "One thing Paar had, which I think he still has," says Robert Carman, the show's executive producer, "is his hold over people, the fear that if you turn him off, you might miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Paar Exhumed | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...used to cut back Cavett despite considerable protest from his fans. So far, even allowing for curiosity and nostalgia, the reaction to Paar has been less than stunning in New York and Los Angeles, the only two cities that have overnight reports. Preliminary reports, however, are inconclusive, and Carson, who seems to spend as little time as possible on his own show, does not have a permanent lease on the Nielsens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Paar Exhumed | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...with my father to visit a dynamic preacher-dentist, Rev. Dr. Reginald Hawkins, who was leading the school integration fight in Charlotte-Machlenburg that would eventually result in the Supreme Court's important Swann decision. I remember sitting that night in the Hawkins' well-furnished living-room, watching Johnny Carson on their color T.V., while my father and Rev. Hawkins talked on into the morning about the black struggle in Charlotte. I do not remember what, if anything, came out of their conversation. But, I do remember that a week later, when my father and I were back...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: Angela and SCLC: 'We're black and we're proud and we're broke, but gutsy and we'll survive.' | 12/8/1972 | See Source »

Died. Charles Litton, 68, electronics engineer who in 1932 founded-in his California garage-a microwave-tube company that later formed the nucleus of the Litton Industries conglomerate; of heart disease; in Carson City, Nev. After his original company grew to annual sales of $3,000,000 and became a rival to established electronic firms in the East, Litton sold his interests for $1,000,000 in 1953 to Entrepreneur Charles B. ("Tex") Thornton. While keeping the Litton name, Thornton transformed the company into a versatile giant which in 1971 had sales of over $2 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 27, 1972 | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

...song is about its singer's dream of killing everyone the knows. Nancy Frangione, the cast's standout as Polly, the latest of Mack the Knife's brides, manages to squeeze out all the song's acid lyricism without imitating Lotts Lenye. The other female leads--especially Deirdre Carson as Jenny Drive--are nearly as good...

Author: By Seth Kupjerberg, | Title: Overcoming Obstacles | 11/11/1972 | See Source »

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