Word: stars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perfect Match. In Christchurch, New Zealand, Rugby Fan Ted Henderson ran an ad in the Star: "Urgent-refined gentleman wants to meet widow with two tickets, third test, Christchurch, August 29, view to matrimony. Kindly send photographs of tickets...
There is no plot to speak of. The songs are derivative, and the star is a talking 1960 model automobile without driver that revs its engine and blows its horn at the sight of a pretty girl. The show has all the aroma of an hour-and-a-quarter commercial. In fact, that is precisely what it is. But by the time it finishes its 48-day, eight-city, coast-to-coast tour next month, Buick '60, Buick's slick, sales-gimmick musical, will have run up a road record that few Broadway hits can approach: almost every...
...this year's trend, possibly reflecting tougher competition, is more toward the hard sell. The 1960 Olds version, like the Buick show, hollers sell from introduction to finale. Both this year and last, its choreography was handled by Carol (Pajama Game) Haney; this year, as last, its stars are Bill (Me and Juliet) Hayes and Florence (Fanny) Henderson. It races along like a hot rod, but every other line and every song is part of the sales spiel. The title: Got Rhythm. The message: "I got beauty! I got styling! I got sweet lines." "The car," intones...
...picture, says Lola, "set up Kirk and Ruth. Afterwards. I couldn't get a job. I went to New York to look for work on TV. Champion was playing on Broadway. There was my picture out front-all the reviews said 'Here's a new star'-and I couldn't even pay my hotel bill...
Troubleshooters (NBC, 8-8:30 p.m.). First episode in a brand-new series-neither western nor private eye for a change. Keenan Wynn and Decathlon Star Bob Mathias weigh in as a pair of crack construction supervisors...