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...everyone felt sure the show had done the trick. But by last week the money to back the pledges was still coming in at only a trickle. The bank in charge of collections put its top estimate of the final take at no more than $250,000. Said Bing Crosby: "I didn't think we had that many welchers in this country...
...took Bing Crosby a long time to get around to making his personal appearance on television but, once there, he settled down for a straight 14½ hours. Last week the aging (48) groaner co-starred with TV Veteran Bob Hope on an all-night show to raise the $500,000 still needed to send the U.S. Olympic team to this summer's games at Helsinki, Finland. Conceived by Sport Writer Vincent Flaherty of the Los Angeles Examiner, and obviously patterned after the annual Milton Berle TV marathon for the Cancer Fund, the Hope & Crosby show was a mixture...
...crooned such songs as Home on the Range. When the Telethon ended its allnight, two-network (CBS and NBC), stand, Hope, Crosby and friends had collected pledges for more than $1,000,000. Crosby also seems assured of a lively and profitable TV career whenever he wants it. Said Bing: "Well, I guess I'm off on the road to vaudeville-again...
...Bing Crosby Show (Wed. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Guest: Judy Garland...
...Bing and Connee (Decca, 2 sides LP). Crosby and Connee Boswell in eight light-hearted examples of their smooth old teamwork, including Basin Street Blues, Bob White, Yes Indeed, An Apple for the Teacher...