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To Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, a pair of fast-moving young TV producers, panel shows are "intellectual sporting events." They have drama, says Goodson, because each one "has an unwritten ending-until they're on the air, no one knows who will win, the panel or the contestant...
Start of an Idea. When they start working up a panel show, Goodson & Todman look first for a gimmick. "There's no telling where that comes from," says Goodson. "Sometimes I sit for hours writing words and phrases in free association until something hits me." Even the most likely...
Luck and accident have always played as big a part as pluck and perseverance in Daly's career. Born in South Africa of an American father and English mother, he studied medicine at Boston College and became a radio announcer in 1937 because, he explains, "a good friend of...
Strike It Rich (weekdays 11:30 a.m., CBS-TV), a veteran radio giveaway, makes its TV bow with a noisy M.C. (Warren Hull), an even noisier studio audience, and a batch of contestants who can win as much as $500 (sample question: "What great U.S. President married Martha Custis?"). Before...
The winner of this year's annual Wellesley bicycle race got no more than the honor, as the second place contestant took all the prizes. John H. Hart '52, who has rolled in first for the past two years, gave up the lightweight bike and the kiss from a Waban...