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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Love & Hate. Close associates say that Godfrey's contrariness is his outstanding characteristic. His Girl Friday, Margaret ("Mug") Richardson, says: "Arthur's contradictions are the only thing close to talent he's got." He is confusingly shy one minute and brash the next, sentimental and savage, generous and stingy, as quick to unreasoning affection as unreasoning dislike. Said one bruised ex-friend: "Arthur either starts off with great loves and then hates people, or with great hates and then loves them." He also has a sense of proportion that is all his own. The man who wept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Oceans of Empathy | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

Every confirmed Godfrey fan knows that from one moment to the next he may erupt into ribaldry, beery pathos or waspish exasperation. When a joke lays an egg, he will pettishly blame his writers. And he reacts sharply to criticism: hearing that William Paley thought the Godfrey TV show "lacked movement," Arthur brought on a line of hula dancers and leered into the TV camera: "Is that enough movement for you, Bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Oceans of Empathy | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...whether he is tough or teary, Godfrey's special brand of folksiness obviously fills a deep national need. Last week his CBS programs-Arthur Godfrey Time (weekdays, 10:15 a.m., E.S.T., radio), Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (Mon. 8:30 p.m., radio & TV) and Arthur Godfrey & His Friends (Wed. 8 p.m., TV)-all had Hooperatings within the magic first five. Last month, Chesterfield spread-eagled the CBS network for Godfrey by adding still another evening show, Arthur Godfrey Digest (Sat. 9:30 p.m., radio). Made up of recorded high spots from his morning routine, the Digest promptly scored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Oceans of Empathy | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

Hereford& Arabians. His success, however difficult to explain, is carefully translated by Arthur Godfrey into personal security. After taxes and expenses, whatever is left of his astronomical earnings is plowed into annuities and insurance against the uncertain future. With Godfrey signed to a fat, twelve-year CBS contract, Godfrey's lawyer, financial adviser and good friend, C. Leo DeOrsey, is able to say: "Arthur will never have to worry again in his life, especially since his requirements are no more than the ordinary cop's in New York-and I don't mean a sergeant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Oceans of Empathy | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...Though Godfrey certainly lives a good deal better than most cops, his standard is modest, considering his income. In Manhattan he has a cluttered two-room penthouse suite at the middle-class Lexington Hotel. His Texas-born, blonde wife Mary, who was originally an NBC secretary in Washington, lives in a ten-room brick and stone house called Beacon Hill Farms on Catoctin Ridge in northern Virginia. With her are the children: daughter Pat, 7; Arthur Jr., 9; and 20-year-old Dick, the son of Arthur's first marriage. The farm's 700 acres are stocked with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Oceans of Empathy | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

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