Radio: The Busy Air, Jan. 30, 1956
¶ Sullivan and Warner announced the indefinite postponement of their planned movie, The Ed Sullivan Story.* A possible reason: the dismal flop of Liberace's Sincerely Yours has caused moviemakers to reflect that customers may not be willing to pay money at movie houses to see stars they can watch free on television.
¶Jack Webb bowed to the opinion of the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover (TIME, Jan. 16) and the Los Angeles City Council, who have come out against "cop" as being derogatory to policemen. Instead of opening his new Dragnet films with "My name is Joe Friday. I'm a cop," Webb will now say: "My name is Joe Friday. I'm a police officer."
¶ Leo Durocher, after two lusty swings and misses as master of ceremonies of NBC's Comedy Hour, announced that he was benching himself for a pinch hitter. Durocher will return to his off-camera duties as an NBC executive.
* In the latest Nielsen TV ratings, Ed Sullivan captured the No. 1 spot, displacing The $64,000 Question for the first time since it captured the lead last summer.
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