Voice of Firestone Ends After 31 Years on Air
After 31 years on radio and television the Voice of Firestone will be off next season. Sponsors were willing to continue but no national network offered a suitable evening time slot. The show ranked third in audience share behind Peter Gunn and the Danny Thomas Show.
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Voice of Firestone
Peter Gunn
Danny Thomas
MGM
Dobie Gillis
Dobie
Fidel Castro
Texas
Frank B. Waters
Ramon Novarro
Sal Mineo
the Pagan
Ed Murrow
Mamie van Doren
Julie London
Lawrence Welk
Ava Gardner
Shulman Blames Matriarchy for Teen Slippage in Dobie Gilis
Hollywood reporter Bob Thomas notes Max Shulman argues modern teens suffer as a matriarchal society grows. He observes commuting fathers and homemaker mothers, predicting the new Dobie Gillis TV series will update his 1940s tales for today. Dennis Crosby and Pat Sheehan accompany the cast on a Phoenix tour.
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Dobie Gillis
Dennis Crosby
Pat Sheehan
Crosby Lads
Phoenix
TV Schedule Snippet with Daytime and Evening Lineup
News blocks and show names list a dense daytime and evening schedule. Mentions Capt Kangeroo Little Margie Love Lucy Price to Right Concentration Dorf parade and World Turns with various time slots and channel notes. The fragmentary text preserves numerous program titles and time stamps without full context.
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Little Margie
Television schedule fragment Tuesday June 16 listing shows and times
A dense OCR listing outlines TV programs by time with titles like Jimmy Dean, The Edge of Night, Secret Storm, Lone Ranger and more. It includes various daytime and evening slots across networks, with notes on episodes, news, weather and special presentations. The snippet ends with late night talk and Westerns.
Clark Gable plans Rome stay in villa with many bedrooms
Clark Gable and Kay Gable reportedly will occupy a Rome home with ten bedrooms and one modern bathroom. A second Los Angeles paper says Gable has leased an eleven bathroom Roman villa.
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Clark Gable
Italy
Los Angeles
Kay
Rome
Reiner Joins Dinah Shore Show Next Fall
Carl Reiner becomes a regular on Dinah Shore's show next fall serving as writer and entertainer. He will contribute to writing all twenty episodes and appear with Shore on five broadcasts.
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Carl Reiner
Dinah Shore
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