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Hall of Fame (Sun. 4 p.m., NBC). Maurice Evans' production of Alice in Wonderland, with Eva Le Gallienne, Gillian Barber, Bobby Clark, Martyn Green, Burr Tillstrom...
Many Moons (Sat. 6 p.m., ABC). A James Thurber fantasy by Puppeteer Burr (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) Tillstrom...
...Chicago, Kukla, Fran & Ollie found a new home on the ABC network. A standard NBC item since 1948, the gentle Burr Tillstrom show originally ran for half an hour, five times a week. Then it was cut to 15 minutes, and finally, limited to 30 minutes once a week. With a new sponsor (Gordon Baking Co.), the Kuklapolitan players will go back to their five-day-a-week format...
...says his scriptless show is planned by "four guys sitting around a table." The other three, all under 35, are Writer Charlie Andrews, an ex-hobo; Producer Ted Mills, an expatriate New Yorker; and Director Bill Hobin, an ex-drummer. The Garroway show's top council, with Burr Tillstrom (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) and Documentary Expert Ben Park, make up the brain trust of the close-knit, argumentative group that has developed the Chicago school. Explains NBC's Chicago Station Manager Jules Herbuveaux: "New York thinks there's nothing wrong with TV that the stage...
...signed to a five-year contract with RCA Victor (Sealtest is a co-sponsor), Chicago-born Bachelor Tillstrom is no more able than his fans to explain exactly why his show clicks. "I don't try to be a satirist, because I am not a brilliant wit like Fred Allen,"* he says. "In fact, I think I tend a little to sadness...