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...other distinctions between 'highbrow,' 'middlebrow' and 'lowbrow' levels of taste." "A culturally equal society," writes Gans approvingly, "would thus treat all ways of expressing oneself and acting as equal in value, status and moral worth." But why should a taste for Lawrence Welk instead of Pablo Casals, or Jacqueline Susann instead of James Joyce, be held of equal value, status and moral worth? "Because," answers Gans, "they express the differing aesthetic standards of people in different socioeconomic and educational circumstances." Out of that academic window goes all thought of standards, judgment and improved tastes...
...which played for an audience of the Guru's Boston devotees Wednesday night, personifies the movement which has built around the 15-year old Indian boy. Blue Aquarius is slick and professional. Their leader, portly Bhole Ji, struts in front of them like a cross between Tonto and Lawrence Welk...
Teeing off for the coed pro-am section of the second annual Colgate-Dinah Shore Winners Circle tournament in Palm Springs, Calif., were Ray Bolger, Glen Campbell, Phil Harris, Rita Hayworth, Robert Stack, Lawrence Welk, George Plimpton and, naturally Dinah. Attention seemed to be focused on the couple that tied for 15th place with Pro Donna Caponi Young and Mrs. Morton Downey. They were Frank Sinatra and Barbara Marx, the estranged wife of Zeppo Marx, a tall, fortyish blonde who has often been seen playing tennis with Spiro T. Agnew. Although Frank and Barbara have been together a lot lately...
...Wooden is a graying, sober-sided eminence who imparts what one player calls the "respect factor." Who, after all, could doubt a man who is a friend of Lawrence Welk, who admires the writings of Zane Grey and St. Francis of Assisi? Wooden is also a deacon in the First Christian Church of Santa Monica. He reads the Bible daily. He neither smokes nor drinks and will not tolerate profanity. On occasion, he will partake of a "Pat Boone Special" (ginger ale with a dash of grape juice). His strongest expletive is "Goodness gracious sakes alive!" And after a tough...
...entertainment shows that have filled the time have been produced on low budgets, $10,000 to $60,000 per half-hour, v. $100,000 for an average network show of the same length. Cheap game shows have proliferated, and shows that the networks once discarded such as The Lawrence Welk Show and Hee Haw, have been resuscitated...