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...article by Otto Friedrich on John Bartlett and the 15th edition of Familiar Quotations [Nov. 3] is delightful and informative, but it is in error regarding the "shrinking" of Shakespeare. In fact, a few quotes have been added to the selection. The larger format and more economical type face of the latest Bartlett'shave saved much space, thus accounting for the discrepancy in pages between the editions...
...format of the morning show is almost as old as television itself. Like many another of the medium's innovations, it was laid out by NBC's Wunderkind president Sylvester ("Pat") Weaver in the early '50s. "We want America to shave, to eat, to dress, to get to work on time," he wrote in a memo outlining what he had in mind. "But we also want America to be well informed, to be amused, to be lightened in spirit and in heart, and to be reinforced in inner resolution through knowledge...
...connected with the show admit that Morning cannot really compete in the ratings unless it can expand into the time now reserved for Captain Kangaroo. "With a one-hour format, we'll always be the other guy, no matter what we do," laments Morning Executive Producer Elliot Bernstein. So far, however, no one has dared intrude upon the Captain, whose real name is Robert Keeshan. Captain Kangaroo draws even fewer viewers than Morning. But children's programming is popular with politicians and Washington broadcasting bureaucrats, and Keeshan has proved a powerful lobbyist on the upper floors...
Actually, the 38-year-old comedian seems quite nonplussed. He is in L.A. for one of his frequent appearances on The Tonight Show, this time as guest host. What does he think about Johnny's new shortened one-hour format? "Well, I think they kept it to ninety-minute money," he grins...
...department "should give stricter guidelines to professors" about thesis advising to alleviate the problem of faculty inaccessibility, Daniel C. Esty '81 said, adding "The present format of the course is not very good...