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None of this made him a celebrity. As he notes in this wry saga, it was his publications and authors who became household names. Those authors live again in a series of anecdotes. John O'Hara, who once threatened to "break every bone in your body" after Mayes refused to send him $25,000 forthwith for the right merely to read the manuscript of Ten North Frederick for possible excerpting. Eleanor Roosevelt, a onetime McCall's contributor, who offered him a ride home one night, though she did not have a car. "Let's both...
...robots wash the dishes? Of course, say the engineers. Unimation's Engelberger, for that matter, is outfitting his office with a robot that will make and serve coffee to his guests. Fredkin of M.I.T. visualizes the household robot as a creature that could not only do all the chores but also chase away burglars, "preferably by crouching in a dark corner and growling like a large dog." But does the ordinary homeowner want to pay $50,000 to get the kitchen sink cleaned up? "Actually, homes are a complicated environment for robots," says one expert in Washington...
What has happened is that all the energy crackling over the air waves at such an early hour has awakened new viewers to the fact that intelligent life exists before Walter Cronkite. The total morning-show audience has grown from about 7 million households to more than 10 million in five years. Until recently, watching morning television was for many people like drinking before noon: if you did it, you certainly did not brag about it. Now many more people seem to be sneaking a glance-ABC estimates the average viewer watches 2.0 minutes-at one of the network shows...
...more like Today, as Weaver had envisioned it, than Today. There was news, of course, but not much. Catering to its largely female audience (66%, vs. 55% for Today and 47% for Morning), the show set out to provide women with advice and information they need to run a household-a kind of Family Circle of the air. Helen Gurley Brown addressed the problems of working women; Rona Barrett dished up as much of the Hollywood dirt as ABC'S lawyers would let her get away with; and mixing hysteria with sensationalism in equal measure, Geraldo Rivera provided...
...trumpeters wearing the ceremonial uniform of the Household Cavalry sounded a fanfare, waiters bearing silver platters of food strode into the opulent Lancaster Room of London's regal Savoy Hotel, long a favorite dining place of princes and Prime Ministers. What the 250 guests had gathered for, however, was not an affair of state but of the palate: a British firm was introducing the Churkey, a brand of bird that combines the delicate flavor of a chicken and the meatiness of a turkey...