Word: godfreys
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hirakawa, the Arthur Godfrey of Japanese radio, gets such enthusiastic letters from some of his 1,250,000 fans that he had to remind one admirer: "The war is over, and writing letters in your own blood is undemocratic." Like his burly U.S. counterpart, dapper, 48-year-old Joe Hirakawa is continually swamped with presents: hand-knitted sweaters, fresh vegetables, wine, porcelain vases. "It's wonderful," he sighs. "Not what they send but the consideration behind...
...second defense of first stringer Jay Byrne teamed with reserves Fred Chamberlin and Godfrey Birckhead played the entire first half, limiting U.N.H. to one goal...
First stringer Jay Byrne will probably start on the defense with reserves Fred Chamberlin and Godfrey Birckhead. Reserve Pete Brooke will open at crease or in the starting fourth midfield. If Brooke plays midfield, Ned Yost will start as usual regular crease position...
...York, the protests began to mount. In a sharp wire to CBS, testy Walter Damm, manager of the Milwaukee Journal's station WTMJ-TV, said: "Godfrey's remarks . . . were the most obnoxious and filthy ever inflicted on a television audience . . . Unless [his] remarks and gestures conform to decency in the future, the Journal Co. will refuse to carry him further." Variety headlined, CBS OUT ON A GODFREY LIMB, and warned that industry-wide censorship might result. Urging Godfrey to "pipe down a little," New York Herald Tribune Columnist John Crosby wrote: "I hate to align myself with...
...week's end, Godfrey had flown off to the rural quiet of his Virginia farm, where he complained that "the audience often thinks something is dirty that I don't mean to be dirty...