Word: shows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Television, which fumbled badly last November in reporting Truman's unexpected election, made a good recovery last week in reporting his inaugural. The show was part travelogue, part carnival, and as American as a Fourth of July parade...
Broadway Revue (Fri. 8 p.m., NBC-TV and Du Mont). A new variety show...
...Your Show Time (Fri. 9:30 p.m., NBC-TV). Stevenson's Sire de Male trait's Door...
...President proved the outstanding star of a good show. Time after time, TV showed Harry Truman in a folksy moment : as he got into his overcoat after the speech on Capitol Hill, when he sat in the wrong seat in the presidential box and, with unflustered stolidity, moved to the right one. The star* even managed to give his white tie and tails the informal look of a comfortable business suit...
Manhattan's Gimbels last week cleaned up an old powder-room joke to drive home an advertising point. In an ad in the New York Times for such labor-saving gimmicks as toasters and electric juicers, it showed a housewife stretched out in an armchair enjoying a television show. Advised Gimbels: "When housework is inevitable, relax and enjoy...