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Weaver's big act for the year was the TV "spectacular," the costly, splashy televised conglomerations of high-priced talent. On these shows NBC has staked prestige and resources in the hope of changing the nation's viewing habits. The NBC spectacular that flashed on screens for 90...
A girl in a tan coat pointed out that unemployment is relatively low. "Whadya mean?" boomed the reply. "Why in advertising alone, you got thousands--millions o' guys doing nothin'--why that's the most useless job there is. And all these salesmen tramping the same street, selling the same...
Snead expects a new crop of golfers will force him off the tournament courses before long. "Just gimme four more years," he says, "at $100,000 a year, and Snead will have made it." But before he turns in his clubs, Snead still has one deep desire: to win his...
The Hope of Walt Whitman. The idea of chronicling Sadakichi's wayward life and times began as a club gag. But Fowler took it seriously, and raked together the few known facts about this eccentric's eccentric. When he was not with his mock-worshipful pals, Sadakichi lived...
Collectors' Note: Okeh has reissued some famous oldtimers: I'm Confessin' (Louis Armstrong); Willow Weep for Me (Cab Galloway); Wiggle Woogie (Count Basic); Gimme a Pigfoot (Bessie Smith).