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Each week Al Capp, the creator and continuing source of life of L'il Abner, presides over a half hour television program which proceeds on the premise that there is something inherently entertaining in five people sitting before cameras and talking. Doubtful as the premise is, shows of this ilk enjoy considerable popularity on TV schedules, probably because they require no sets, little talent, and to outside appearances, no organization and rehearsal...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 11/27/1951 | See Source »

Mike Todd's Peep Show is another of this ilk. The finale is indicative of the whole show 50 girls 50 in a bubble bath...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NYC Seethes with Entertainment for Holidays | 12/19/1950 | See Source »

...reported that this is Cuppy's major work--the publishers obviously presuming that writers of Cuppy's ilk have such things--and that he had been laboring on it for sixteen years. If this is the case, one must feel very sorry for Will Cuppy. He amassed a marvelous amount of information on his subjects and their relatives, but he has put it to no good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cuppy's Last Stand: Footnote to History | 10/20/1950 | See Source »

Remington didn't remember McConnell, he told the committee. "I met Bridgman," he added. "If he was a secret Communist I did not know it ... He must have assumed from my [labor union] associations that I was a member of his ilk. I never was . . . And when I say never I mean never, whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Other Voices | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

...University's position, stated by Frank W. Crocker '22, attorney, was the game as it has been the past three years in reaction to General Court bills of similar ilk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Hits Bill Aimed At Firing Red Teachers | 3/2/1950 | See Source »

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