Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1948 — Page 44

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Musical Comedy For Television

Current Offerings Look Like Night Club Show

By JOHN CROSBY

structive which is what critics are invariably accused of not being. I'd like to unburden myself of an idea for a television program I have entertained wistfully for some time. So far, television musical programs, which already look

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like an extremely important division of the coming art, have

resembled nightclub enter-| dian, preferably all three. Bing | tainment more closely than| © roshy oud be oy Perfect they have resembled any-| "0WU°R 1 YOU COR OL Hm and I doubt it. Bert Lahr or thing else. Good reviews, which Ray Bolger wouldn't ka bad, -~-heaven-knows.are scarce enough. either, on Broadway and cost about al Assisting the star, in addition _ quarter of a million dollars i, the gravedigger roles outlined Aplees; are “impractical .for tele; p,ve would be a couple of good, looking young kids, a boy and You might even say good re- la - girl, whe can both sing and| Views} are action in avy dance. And, of course, there madi. 4 Boon re ove should be a permanent chorus.| gol rn oll » i ous When the story line requires they | to a would burst nto song or dance. |

EACH HOU R- LONG lwould be a complete story, as are most situation comedies fn radio,

land would afford enough time to term is generally understood... oS" one of songs out of

never fared well in radio. The comedy format was estabiished|th® Principals and oné or two dance numbérs out of the chorus. and more or less frozen early in| And there should b t enough the '30s by Eddie Cantor, Bd "y : ere 8 ou e Just enoug Wynn and Jack Benny and be- P'O: '0 Ke€Ep things runiing cause it was successful it was imitated by the big money boys. The few people who attempted musical

» ever the locale is) alternated with Sumedy I Tadio didwt Dave the sudden intimate shots of a couple

much of it. fof principals under a street lamp

; comed ’ {at night, the Main Street sideamen ely doegns Bi walk from above in the rush hour, comedy isn't something just to that sort of thing. listen to. The girls, the settings, Jokes and songs are not enough the costumes, the color are as (fF my program. It should be important In thelr ways as the Pretty to look at. " musie or the book. With the There isn't enough talent exception ' of color, television around to furnish this show could supply all this. with new melodies every week Now stick around a moment but there are plenty of old ones. ‘and II outline this musical] Some of them could be fitted comedy. Television naturally] out—as is done on several radio couldn't be expected to produce| Programs—with new lyrics. Or a brand new musical comedy| We could use the old lyrics. every week. But how about a| The original cost would be impermanent cast of characters, the mense but, unless I'm hopelessly television equivalent of, let's say, Innocent in these matters, it'd be

year But what about gisionl com-| edy?

MUSICAL COMEDY, as the

eve to the pictorial—motion pleture shots of the town (or wher-

show —

It ought to be staged with an —

“Duffy's Tavern” “The Great amortized within a year. ..Glldersleeve,” . or . “Amos Somebody is going to do fit Andy”? B sooner or later and right now when costs are comparatively ....THE LOCALE could be Har-/low, is the time for a big adver-| lem, a small town, & college tiser to latch on to an idea lke campus, a slice of Broadway— this, stamp it with the name of | anything tha' was susceptible tonis product (like Lux stamped | keeping a plot alive indefinitely. its name on Lux Theater) and

cause they'd be used again and undoubtedly be made before the show got running smoothly.

be the cop, the druggist. the program would continue to atdean, the mayor, the dumb blond, tract an audience for the next the bartender—each of them with|15 or 20 years. fixed and preferably comic char-| - acteristics, each designed for . long and continuous usage. here Why Not Try This? Ten are nents tor euen "show Family Scrapbook s0 we could get a rest from them| By DR. ERNEST G. ve once in a while. RS The cast would be headed | up by a star—a “veteran preferably of a good many years | of stage or screen experience, | & warm personality who Is also - @ singer, a dancer, or. a come-

Elaborate sets could be built be- make all the mistakes that would |

again, : Peopling thess settings would, If radio is any criterion, such J

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grandmother trying to entertain her 18-months-old grandson by flying a kite. For a few moments he was fascinated by the kite soaring .into the air. Them he wanted to hold the string, but soon dropped it to his grandmother’s expressed

him but he would have none ef it, and what started out to be a pleasant time turned into a very| pleasant one. Another episode concerned a | father who suggested to his active 4-year-old daughter that she should watch a game of tennis “/so that she could learn what it was all about. The 18-months-old boy would have spent a lot of time happily digging with grandmother in the

walk or a romp with her dad.

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sand that was all around. The 4-year-old would have enjoyed a,

- But the grown-ups didn't always There's no simple, rule for determining what sort of | play is suitable for a child of any The best guide is to watch one’s own child. Too

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