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FIRST PERSON PLURAL (249 pp.)-Dagmar Godowsky-Viking...
...contralto voice said, "The Dagmar show is out, and Ed Sullivan doesn't look good." Green hung up and took a slice of cinnamon toast. "Did you know," he said, "that Nathan Pusey was a classmate of mine...
...factors in Hoegh's situation range all the way from the ridiculous to the fundamental. Some lowans are against Hoegh because a bumptious, publicity-seeking television performer named Dagmar once bulged through his outer office, bussed the governor and then loped on up to the legislature, where she darned near kissed a quorum. Others are against him on the basic issue that he has raised taxes. Some farmers oppose him because they do not like the Eisenhower Administration's farm program; some Republicans are displeased because of his feelings toward Secretary Benson. And some of the plain, quiet...
Competing with Dagmar. Finer loves everything about TV except the time required to prepare a 30-minute talk: "I can understand how these fellows like Milton Berle feel. The tension is awful. If you've got any conscience at all about doing a decent job, you're undergoing an ordeal." Finer warns teachers about to enter TV not to think of the relatively few minutes they will be in front of the camera, but of the hours and days necessary to get ready: "And there's something else they must learn. Instead of working to your main...
...female roles, Hugh Fortmiller as the fortune teller and Richard Waldron as her Dagmar daughter are by no means convincing but they are high-spirited, well attuned to the demanding deception, and add much to the show. James Gray as Bert, the newspaper managing editor, though unpadded, is another stand out. Stephen Addiss, William Newlin, and Gordon Martin range from excellent to a competency which isn't worth a quibble...