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BUSY MANAGERS—Program manager Bob Pefranoff and station ; ry 4 ‘manager Bob Lemon check reception map. PROUD OWNERS—Mrs. Mary Tarzian and” husband Sarkes inspect their modern studios. : Se ay an A : ra

’ / ~ : ‘Show Of Shows’ Brings Fresh Comedy Routines Here PN burlesque versions of foreign iy movies and the old silent films have been imitated, but not with such success, The rest of the cast has sufficient talent to make the show a hit even if Sid and Imogene. fail to show up. : And that's what you can see if you tune in Channel 10 next Sate urday night. —D. R.

CAMERA! ACTION!—Steve Briggs, WTTV production director, doubles as newscaster. WHEN NBC gave the title

The employment roster of fhe Fadie and electronics fields. finds time to be Secretary-Treas- Show of Shows Ta a TV proad | In 1936 Mr. Tarzian went~to| urer of Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. and gram a couple of years back Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., and’, centina for RCA and had|is the guiding light responsible there — rotests Bloomington’s dynamic t®le- chargé of the design of radio for the .excellent employee-em-| oN , Protests vision station, WTTV, is a Jeceivers and ig Wg and ployer relationship. within the on.{ IFO Tice, Sh ' th 3 e recording on m for the ganization. . | “Show of Shows, ey said, star-studded list of personalities. n,,yje- industry jn that country. 8 ; | sounded as if the then adolescent And heading the list is a mild-| & "7 - Mrs. Tarzian took her Ph.D, in| sh {ndust : ould mannered be-apectacled 1it tle DUrIng World War 11 he Interfiational Law at the Univer-| tele tis 0n Nae BY oar ous man who has been referred to ing Dred OR Many op secret proj- sity of Pennsylvania, thes spent ig w hep he A X many flowery ways, ‘all of which| ®t for the government including six years studying’ abroad. She| turned out, hasn't turned out DR oe aly hens & genius, the proximity fuse. was trained for the diplomatic finer Show. up 10 now, tor Ud “Sarkes Tarzian was born in| Sarkes Tarzian went into busi- service and speaks severil laze], Indiamapoie ai om S in 1 5 Armenia and came to America |"®5® for himself in 1944, and with guages. She is also a member of iret Te = led ay with. his family when he was his life savings of $40,000 started, Pll Beta Kappa, national hon-'" 8 around, throug stepped- : the organization which haf orary scholastic fraternity. Rp sigaal of WILY Blooming- + O > .

Charges Laxhess In 3 Air Crashes

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six years old. America has truly been a land of opportunity for grown to a multi-million dollar City Men There | Found Thelr Element The Civil Aeronautics’ Board that wide-eyed youngster who | ¢MP re, | | Indianapolis is well represented| __ , : has reported “apparent laxness became. fascinated by the wonders| They Laughed lon the station staff. Robert Pet-| NO. program on the air is Nin operating practices” by none produced more - lavishly. Sid seheduled airlines in three recent

of electricity shortly after his | Television experts said Tarz- ranoff, program director, is a lo-| ia : drrival here. But he has been/ian was nuts when he began al Product who foresaw the op- Chespr 21g Lmogene SOLk, le , ; known as h t 8 right there to open the door ...g or a television station in portunity offered while the sta... nv. turned out to be per-

every time Opportunity knocked! tion was still in its infancy. Bob on it IPP y | Bloomington. The town with a named his first child Theodore fect suited to video comedy. : * | With such. assets, “Show -of

Worked His Way : | popwation of 29,000 was not|/Velica so—as he put it, “I can . 2 : y [nearly large enough to support a call him TV.” . Shows might have recruited He worked his way. throughigiation. they said. I wi some languid dancers and cutthe University of Pennsylvania, Ee ’ iat . . 4 I'raffic Manager James Rat- rate singers to fill in during lconomists said it would re-'cliffe and salesman Norman Ciss- . <tume changes, and nobody

and received his B:. 8S. degree in i fiewing : electrical engineering in 1924, | Quire a viewing area with a min- na and Paul Lennon are also alll. uid have complained. But in-

crashes. Two of the accidents claimed 82 lives. There were no deaths or injuries in the third. The three crashes investigated by the CAB all involved C-48 planes.- They were, ONE—Miami Airlines at Eliza. beth, N. J., Dec. 18, 56 deaths.

while with them developed the couraged, and the success of his| The station is -as much a hobby But first a little about Sid and| Imogene -has been called “by hours, because nobody not an ac- weight often and is therefore not gas near Coburg, Onfario, Dec. first commercial, single dial; bra n-child has brought adirge to most of them as it is a job, Imogene. some the funniest woman to come complished dancer could dance to be described as either “tubby” 20. None of the 44 persons aboard radio receiver and the first ra- tion from the entire industry. and they take pride in the differ-| Their comedy has been: called along since Beatrice Lillie.- Her that badly. or “robust” with any confidence was injured. a dio receiver in a metal cabinet. And Mrs. Tarzian is as much ent number of jobs they can all“adult” but never “highbrow.” rubbery face and Mixmaster hair- Look, She's Dancin’ the description will fit next week, x Marguetite Smith's “Dishing

His love for electronics-amounted a bundle of pent-up energy as 40. One or two men being absent|They can bring laughs out of a qos are funny enough in them- Some of her funniest perform- is young and original. almost to an obsession, and hegiher perpetual motion husband. |doesn't stop the wheels from turn-icommon household or party situ-'selves, and she supports these on ances have been in elaborate hal.| His elaborate pantomimes, solo the Dirt,” with helpful advice gpent countless hours of his own Besides caring for their two|lng—someone else will step injation. a gawky frame capable of the lets, well cast so far as the rest of and with Imogene, are uniformly for floosier gardeners, appears time delving into the secrets ofichildren and keeping house she/and do the job until he gets back.| Some of their funniest routines agonized contortions of-a Char- the principals are concerned, but hilarious, week after week, His “diily in The Times. » /

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