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...before millions of viewers not long ago, Georgie went on and on about his watch, a Bulova. When being Person to Personed by Ed Murrow, Jessel lovingly showed off five clocks in his house; all five were gifts from Bulova. (Genial Georgie insists neither mention was intended as a plug...
...Such plugs, even when they grow out of genuine comedy, bring payoffs (sometimes known as payola) of varying kinds; the My Sin plug reportedly was worth more than $1,000. Sometimes the payoff goes to the performers, but usually to writers or other employees of a show. Last week the Federal Communications Commission belatedly began to investigate TV's predilection for the plug. The announcement aroused widespread dismay. Moaned Actor Walter Slezak: "Everybody has become so suspicious that if you say 'Oh, my God!' on television, people think you're being paid off by the Holy...
...four denied that the money was in any way considered an inducement to plug the Hess store in their columns. Nevertheless, that was what Hess got from three of the columnists. Said Considine, who wrote about the store's stock of exotic foods: "Made a nice little feature." Said Delaplane, who also wrote a complimentary piece after his Allentown visit: "His [i.e., Hess's] office did pay my expenses of $1,000 to travel to Allentown for the story." Said Boyle: "I have mentioned Hess four times on subjects of feature-news interest." Only the Journal-American...
Edison became the world symbol of Yankee ingenuity and looked and acted the part. Moonfaced, with a lock of hair flopping across his brow and a plug of chewing tobacco in his cheek (instead of a spittoon, he would spit on the floor "because you can't miss it"), Edison had acid-stained hands, an explosive vocabulary and a pioneer's instinct for practical jokes. He spouted the slogans of agrarian radicals, railed at U.S. colleges for stuffing students with "Latin, Philosophy and all that ninny stuff," and fiercely defended his agnostic opinions...
...offer generous support for the writing of this book and the other work of the Center. From the funds available, the Executive Committee (appointed by the Corporation) can allocate money for individual research projects submitted by scholars both inside and outside the University. The Committee does not seek to plug gaps in Soviet research systematically but merely accepts the most worthwhile projects that are suggested...