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...these meetings made Service guilty of disloyalty to the U.S. Six times Service was cleared. (For the sixth hearing, he was recalled while en route to be U.S. consul general in Calcutta.) Last week the Civil Service Commission's Loyalty Review Board, the capital's top loyalty panel, reversed the finding, decided there was a "reasonable doubt" of Service's loyalty, and recommended that he be fired...
These ten reproductions of Chartres' matchless stained-glass windows tell the story of His coming. Each panel is a chapter: the annunciation to the Virgin that she is to be the mother of Jesus, the birth in the manger, the glad tidings to the shepherds, the star-guided Magi's visit to King Herod, the presentation of Jesus at the temple, Joseph's dream-warning of Herod's murderous plan, the flight into Egypt, and Herod's massacre of the newborn innocents...
Start of an Idea. When they start working up a panel show, Goodson & Todman look first for a gimmick. "There's no telling where that comes from," says Goodson. "Sometimes I sit for hours writing words and phrases in free association until something hits me." Even the most likely gimmicks don't always work out. One projected show, called Don't Make Me Laugh, had a sensational gimmick: the contestant got $100 if he could keep a straight face for three minutes while a famous comedian told him jokes. Says Todman sadly: "We found that...
Another show that never got ort the air was On the Spot, which had a panel of high-dome experts who were supposed to answer any question about anything. During a dry run, one of the first questions asked was: "Who is the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico?" Shrugs Goodson: "What can you do? It doesn't make sense to have a show like that and then complain that the questions are unfair...
With The Name's the Same, Goodson & Todman feel that they have ridden the panel trend as far as it will go. Now they are searching for a gimmick that will produce a new kind of show for jaded televiewers. "We don't care what it is," says Goodson, "just so there won't be a desk or an expert...