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Last week, on the same program, Godfrey was inclined to forgive the swoon-happy teen-agers because he had spotted the real villain. He announced that "an over-zealous publicity man was the guy who . . . got 30 or 40 of them right down in the front row and told them that they should agitate and squeal and holler . . ." Then, presenting Bill Lawrence ("the boy you love so much"), Godfrey made one final plea: "He loves your appreciation, but you don't have to squeal. Just applaud him when he gets through...
Producer Joe Pasternak was wise enough not to ride this little gag too hard. He has allowed time for enough moon-spoon-swoon songs to please the most ardent Sinatra fans. Kathryn Grayson occasionally joins in, and gives the love lyrics a wholesome quality of antiseptic passion...
Left Ear Salad. Flagg's book is entitled Roses and Bucks'ot (Putnam;$3.75). The roses are reserved for himself and a multitude of boon and swoon companions; the buckshot flies in all directions...
...given concerts to strikers in Pittsburgh, New York City, and Schenectady. Its board of directors includes the No. 1 collector of American folk music, 31-year-old Alan Lomax (TIME, Nov. 26). Said he: "We're going to put more into our songs than June moon croon spoon swoon, and sing Bilbo out of Congress...
...swoon sweepstakes, a new favorite has risen fast. Handsome Perry Como, 32, an ex-barber, last week finished second in Billboard Magazine's annual poll of 324 radio editors. (The winner, for the eighth year in a row, was Bing Crosby.) Como had climbed ahead of Dick Haymes and Frank Sinatra...