Comedy Records Fade as Standup Stars Reconsider Hits
Hollywood humor sting wanes five years after peak comedy records. Bob Newhart and peers recall 1960s boom, noting 150000 hardcore buyers now. Allen Sherman’s two million peak cited. Newhart doubts another best seller and explains why fresh jokes struggle on disc. He favors evolving routines with listeners hearing new lines on repeat.
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Evening TV Listings Preview For Scottsdale Area
Channel schedules show daily lineup from 4:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. next day across ABC CBS NBC and related networks. Programs include news bulletins, game shows, dramas, comedies, and movies featuring Wallace Lyed Thaxton Rocky And His Friends Virginian Pett Duke Show Shindig Burke's Law The Untouchables and The Tonight Show among others with local station notes on changes.
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Untouchables
First Lady Lyndon B. Johnson to Host Color TV Special
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson will host a one hour color television special on ABC TV in the fall. John H. Secondary and Helen Jean Rogers produce the program focusing on national landmarks and Washington beauty. Johnson chairs a capital beautification committee and aims to inspire civic improvement nationwide.
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Bob Hope
National Geographic to Broadcast Four Adventure Docs
The National Geographic Society will join CBS to air four hour-long adventure documentaries next season. The lineup includes Americans on Everest telecast September 10, a film on a female chimpanzee researcher in Africa, a global voyage aboard the brigantine Yankee, and underwater study in The World of Jacques Cousteau.
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