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...organization called the Buddhist Broadcasting Co. Co-existing with the new private stations is government-owned, non-commercial Nihon Hoso Kyokai (Japanese Broadcasting System), noted before the war for propaganda, folk songs (Naniwabushi) and horrendous singing programs for children. NHK is now dedicated to popular music, variety shows, quiz programs and drama...
Ronald Colman plays Beauregard Bottomley, an omniscient bookworm who is convinced that radio's money-splurging quiz shows threaten the U.S. with "intellectual destruction," and sets out to strike a blow for intellectual salvation. An expert who can't be stumped, he appears on Soap Manufacturer Vincent Price's double-ornothing program week after week, letting his winnings pile up with the plan of taking over the whole $40-million soap company. When the alarmed hucksters try to give him what he has already won and get rid of him, a hero-loving public refuses...
According to police, Colucci confessed in a Central Square headquarters quiz that he had "taken a few bets from time to time...
...Life (Wed. 9 p.m. E.S.T., CBS) was fighting it out for 75th place in the Nielsen-Ratings with such tired old rivals as Roy Rogers, County Fair and Dr. I.Q. Last week, by sitting on a stool before a microphone and trading comment and insult with a succession of quiz contestants, Groucho had piloted his show in a skyrocketing climb to sixth place...
...stopping the show but it doesn't work. The public is behind Colman, and when he doesn't appear, no soap is sold. Price tries to muddle his mind, by sending Celeste Holm after him; he has tried to find his weak spot by getting the moronic quiz master (played appropriately by Art Linkletter, a real quiz master) to make love to his sister. Both agents fall in love with their enemies and consent to wed the day after the final question is asked in the Hollywood Bowl...