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"I know his name-I know his name," the contestant muttered desperately. For a few seconds longer he punished his memory while some 50 million Americans held their breaths. Then Charles Van Doren, 31, turned full face to the TV camera. "No, I don't," he confessed with a...
Taking a cue from NBC's Twenty One, which soared to success on the suspense created by Van Doren's consecutive appearances, CBS's $64,000 Question last week changed its ground rules so that a successful contestant can return week after week, may go on until...
In a primer on the new tongue in the current Holiday, Fadiman classifies the M.C.s of the top quiz and interview shows as the Noah Websters and Fowlers of the age. Writes he: "They employ certain mandatory words and phrases, now becoming part of our general vocabulary: but seriously to...
"Parents," says Fadiman, "no longer exist, as against folks; the language of narrative develops in the key of 'There's this ranch owner in this movie'; 'the true facts' are always presented, presumably as opposed to the untrue facts." As for pronunciation, gennelmen, twenny and...
With what little fight they had left after their welcome, the foreigners laced up to compete in the most important part of the meet: the compulsory set of six figures. A contestant's performance of these rigorous figures counted for 60% of his final score. Here was where the...