Word: elliott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Carmichael was late, and most people were sitting when he came in. Sunday's blackout had taught the tables a cheer, and they were shouting "This is Table Number Six! Where is Number Seven?" when Mr. Carmichael appeared in the doorway and smiled. Housemaster Elliott Perkins walked over and shook his hand. Dr. Perkins was wearing a tuxedo left over from high table; Mr. Carmichael was not. The two men blinked at each other. Mr. Carmichael stood up on a chair and toasted the house with a paper cup of beer, then he elbowed his way through House Committee...
...climax of her Manhattan TV show, Faye Emerson, 33, former wife of Elliott Roosevelt, had a treat for her audience. Clutching the hand of beaming Pianist-Disc-Jockey Lyle ("Skitch") Henderson, 31 (see cut), she faced the cameras and confided: "I would like you to meet the man I am going to marry. I thought this was a good way to announce...
...Pulse rating against the 2.3 of her veteran rival Mary Margaret McBride. But what disconcerts many listeners is the drumfire of basic-English commercials, fead in pear-shaped Grotonese, with which the show is slittered. Mrs. Roosevelt may murmur to a distinguished guest: "And now I think Elliott would like to say something...
...Real Feeling. What Elliott would like to say is a good word for the sponsors. Often, he drags other Roosevelts into the spiel: "The other day we were driving in from the country and one of the children suddenly called out that there was a great, big bird in the sky . . . Sure enough, there it was, the great big Flamingo blimp, advertising Flamingo orange juice . . ." or ". . . In fact, Mother. I remember when you used to buy numbers of the famous Emerson portables to give away as Christmas presents...
This lending of the Roosevelt name to the hawking of noodle soup and hearing aids has already inspired a broad parody from New York World Telegram & Sun Columnist H. I. Phillips, as well as the expected blasts from Westbrook Pegler. Elliott is saddened by such comments, but not surprised. "You always get carping criticism, people saying it's nothing but a money-making proposition," he explains. "But mother has a real feeling of achievement now that she has twelve sponsors. Sponsors are a sign of success...