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...told by Enright that more "would throw the budget out of whack"; then he had third thoughts, started to sue Enright for the other $9,500, got it. Apple-cheeked Kirsten Falke, then only 16, was picked up for Twenty One's penny-ante sister show, Tic Tac Dough, when she answered a call to audition as a folk singer. This led her to the office of Tic Tac Dough Producer Howard Felsher, who gave her answers and hints that she would get her big chance to sing on the show. "I botched it up," recounted poor Kirsten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: The Big Fix | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

...fired by NBC only last week, told the Congressmen that he urged about 30 former contestants to lie to the grand jury, as he himself had done, naturally under oath (later Felsher returned to the grand jury, told the truth). How many of the nighttime programs of Tic Tac Dough were rigged? Answered Felsher: about 75%-and he had a simple explanation: "I was trying to put together an exciting show, and I never did feel that there was anything terribly wrong about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: The Big Fix | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

...halls, is to be holy, man, holy. But last week, the mendicants of marijuana and mad verse were in the somewhat embarrassing position of monks whose liqueur sells too well. Tourists were snapping up their stuff like Chinese back-scratchers, and the beatniks were starting to rake in the dough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bang Bong Bing | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...leader: "Our earnings are pretty large. I guess they could come out at a better time. But we are taking it like good sports, proud to have done so well. Even after wage-cost push, depreciation, wasteful practices and such, we still have an awfully big hunk of dough left over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Far into the Black | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

...needed an explosive that could be used for sabotage work in Europe and the Far East; it had to be easy to carry, innocent in appearance. Kistiakowsky's imaginative product was an explosive that looked like flour. Dubbed "Aunt Jemima," the powder could be transported as flour or dough, even baked and carried around in cake and cookie form. To prove that it was not toxic, K. assembled skeptical military officials, baked his "Aunt Jemima," finished with a flourish by eating one of his small cakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Scientists' Scientist | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

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