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...York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia, similar programs were broadcast at the same time, using little-known or totally unknown young performers. This is the CBS Repertoire Workshop, a joint project of the five TV stations owned by the network, intended not as a fling for amateurs but as a springboard for apprentice professionals. Each station will produce seven shows, and all 35 will be seen in all five cities...
...started its series with an original modern dance by 28-year-old Norman Walker. It was arty, erotic, and somewhat constipated, centering on a noble youth who seemed to have trouble deciding in what direction his basic current flowed. It seemed to dazzle the audience, however, since the Repertoire Workshop's ballet scored higher ratings than its competition. NBC's The Virginian and ABC's Wagon Train. Philadelphia showed young actors in Thornton Wilder's Pullman Car Hiawatha. Two Chicago housewives-whose principal credits are six children-contributed a short play to Chicago's WBBM...
Once upon a time there was only one Santa Claus, and all the toys in the world came from his workshop at the North Pole. Every Christmas he would climb down the chimney and leave funny, old-timey toys like Raggedy Ann dolls, Lincoln Logs and Monopoly sets under the Christmas tree. And the funniest thing about it was that toys from one Christmas would still be around next year. How could anybody break a steel steam shovel, or abandon a doll which could actually say "Ma-ma" and shut her eyes when she lay down...
...Machine has already sold more than $14 million worth since it first strode across TV screens in 1960. Glass pays his 25 designers between $18,000 and $30,000 a year, but being an elf in Santa Glass's workshop involves more hard work than ho, ho, ho. Staff designers are expected to work 14 hours a day, six days a week; during crucial periods, Glass locks them in their rooms and does not allow them to speak to one another...
...proposed structure would double the size of WHRB's facilities. Preliminary plans call for improvement of the station's equipment, enlargement of present operating space, and perhaps the construction of a television workshop...