Word: mutuals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Radio's outdated version of the U.S. farmer-a Mortimer Snerdish bumpkin borrowed from the burlesque stage-has changed radically in the last month. In a new quiz show called R.F.D. America (Mutual, Thurs. 9:30 p.m., E.S.T.), the real farmer turns out to be an alert, articulate, well-schooled young man-with no straw in his hair and no quid in his cheek...
...another to decorate their Christmas programs with boughs of Hollywood, admit that they have all been outvied this season by a boyish Roman Catholic priest. The Rev. Patrick Peyton had under his Christmas tree two of radio's choicest sugarplums: his popular, weekly Family Theater (Thurs. 10 p.m., Mutual), with a performance of Anatole France's Our Lady's Juggler, and a special, Peyton-inspired, star-studded dramatization of the Nativity, The Joyful Hour, aired last week...
...four years, in his crusade for family prayer, Father Peyton nagged the networks without letup-and without success. When he suggested reading the rosary coast-to-coast, vice presidents by the score yawned in his face. Last February, Mutual promised to let him do a weekly dramatic show, with nonsectarian opening and closing plugs for prayer. There was one catch: Father Peyton would have to rope in at least one film star a week...
Blue-Gray Game (Sat. 2:45 p.m., Mutual). North v. South on the gridiron, at Grampton Bowl, Montgomery...
...Bowl Games (Thurs., all networks). A wide choice: Kansas v. Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl (1:45 p.m., CBS); Penn State v. Southern Methodist in the Cotton Bowl (2:15 p.m., Mutual); Texas v. Alabama in the Sugar Bowl (2 :30 p.m., ABC); Southern California v. Michigan in the Rose Bowl (4:45 p.m., NBC); the East-West all-star championship game, in San Francisco's Kezar Stadium (4:45 p.m., Mutual...