Word: goren
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There are millions of duffers in televisionland who delight in watching an expert at work - and if the expert muffs or fluffs, so much the better. The latest program with big duffer appeal is Championship Bridge, run weekly on film over 175 ABC stations by Bridge King Charles Goren (TIME cover, Sept. 29, 1958), and most of its ingredients are about as easy in TV production as a lay-down slam...
...Goren and his TV producer bring the expert pairs into Chicago for the filming, with guarantees of $1,000 to the winning pair, $500 to the losers ($250 and $500 bonuses for small and grand slams). As Goren and TV Commentator Alex Dreier spin out a running dialogue on the bid and play from a glassed-in booth, the cameras and microphones hover over the table, picking up hands and the players' chitchat. Goren never erases his own predictions from the sound track when he is wrong, or the cardsmen's bad plays when they occur...
...this week's show, Alphonse Moyse Jr., editor of Bridge World, defended a four-heart contract with Fellow Expert Bertram Lebhar, against Leonard B. Harmon and Ivar Stakgold. Before Moyse made his opening lead, Goren noted that Declarer Harmon was obviously down, announced that any orthodox lead would set the contract (four tricks: ace and queen of trumps, ace of spades, and a spade ruff by East...