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Show WSStle Creek Si Well sir, it's comforting to win an argument even if it takes a Congressional investigation to prove you were right in the first place. For the past several years I have been having a friendly debate de-bate with the little woman on the question: "Resolved, That the TV Quiz Shows are Rigged." Speaking for 'the affirmative I have stoutly maintained that no human being, even a brain like Charles Van Doren, could continue con-tinue to answer all the questions month after month, without considerable con-siderable behind the scenes hanky-panky. They just don't come that smart. In rebuttal the little woman has been just as positive that everything was on the up and up and that this was just another of those times when the head of the house didn't know what he was talking about. Sinoe, according to established establish-ed debating procedure, the burden bur-den of proof rests with the affirmative, affir-mative, I have been "behind the Eight Ball," having no bonafide evidence to present. But now that the kitty is out of the sack, so to speak, I can lean back and gloatingly remark, "I told you so." Well anyway, the recent exposures ex-posures have caused quite a flurry flur-ry in broadcasting circles, as quiz shows are being yanked off the networks right and left. Which is all to the good. When they fool most of the people all of the time, we're due for a change. However, quiz shows are only a small part of the deception be ing perpetrated oh the American public day in and day out. Take the Perry Mason show for instance. in-stance. District Attorneys, be 'they ever so dumb, don't lose? every case to the slick city shysters. shy-sters. Also Marshal Dillon in Gun-smoke Gun-smoke would be bound to meet a tough hombre that was quicker on the draw sooner or later. And even Chester might one day get into the path of hot lead. No doubt if all the falsehoods told in today's TV commercials were laid end to end they would reach out further than Krushchev's Krush-chev's space buggy. And some folks said, "that couldn't be done." We must admit that at times people have rocks in their heads. But when it comes to hammers, chisels and buzz saws, the commercials com-mercials are going a mite too far. It's getting so now tlmt few organs of the human body are safe from public scrutiny. And the whirl winds generated in an upset stomach by Fizzerin are enough to make a jet pilot dizzy. Currently there is just one debate de-bate being continued each Friday Fri-day evening in our Second East living room. This one is, "Resolved: "Re-solved: That Salt Lake Wrestling is Fixed." Having no proof I am still the underdog in this one; but I have hopes. Since Congress seems to be investigating in-vestigating most everything, perhaps per-haps the searching eye may soor be focused upon Buzz Jones, "The Blue Avenger" or even stout-headed stout-headed Shag Thomas. So long 'til Thursday. |