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Allen in 1971: Diggin’ California and Posing With His Parents

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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Allen Ludden, Betty White

californiaFrom Daytime TV, November 1971:

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“Why, it’s the most convenient house I’ve ever lived in!”  Allen gives an interview about the move from New York to Los Angeles.  What’s interesting is that this article appears four years after the fact…not exactly a timely angle.

Allen’s love of gardening shows here, with lots of enthusiastic comments on how he can grow things all year long and the trees in the back.  Allen TOTALLY loved to garden.  He was studying landscape architecture at Pierce College when he died.

The picture of Allen & Betty with his parents is especially cool.

Favorite line in the article?  “And Allen has abandoned his crew cut in favor of longer hair.”  There you have it, ladies and gentlemen — Allen Ludden, hippie.

Relax… Betty’s June 1962 Bills are PAID!

26 Saturday Jan 2013

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Betty White, Critic's Choice, Theatre, To Tell The Truth, US Steel Hour

billbothTwo little pages, so much information! From the archivist’s personal collection comes this fascinating glimpse into the cost of being Betty in the summer of 1962.

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Some observations…

  • Ashley-Steiner was Betty’s professional agency. She enclosed with this note her paychecks for June appearances on To Tell the Truth and an episode of US Steel Hour entitled “The Scene of the Crime.” She made about $5700 in today’s dollars for the two appearances.
  • Betty had to pay for own transportation to New York for her TV appearances of this era, hence the bill from her agency for a trip to be taken the next day. You can see that the costs likely offset much of her salary.
  • Bullock’s and I. Magnin were California-based department stores. Girlfriend was probably buying clothes!
  • Poor Betty must have lost one of her beloved pets at the beginning of June, resulting in the vet and pet crematory bills.  🙁
  • Essex House was a luxury hotel in New York. Notice the separate checks four days apart. Betty must have flown back to Los Angeles between the two appearances.
  • Lastly, note the June 14th check for a wig for her appearance in a summer stock production of the play Critic’s Choice. It cost about $1600 in today’s dollars – must have been real human hair.  But it was worth it in the end. Her co-star was none other than Allen Ludden, and he was proposing to her by the end of it!

Betty Dishes on Being Wholesome and Her Dream Man

25 Friday Jan 2013

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dreammanFrom TV Stage, December 1954:

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Cover and table of contents say “Betty White’s Dream Man.” The article itself says “Betty White: Call Me Wholesome!” Go figure. Don’t you just love the font of Call Me Wholesome?

Interesting discussion of Betty’s four female groupies and how she used “some current jive talk.” Whatever that was. When I think jive, I think Barbara Billingsley in Airplane. 

It would also be interesting to hunt down that column that was so brutal. Wonder what it said that left her “crushed for days?”

It’s a rather poignant to hear her speak of what she wanted at that point in a mate and how much it sounds like Allen.

Favorite line in the article? “Meantime, Betty isn’t lookin’ or chasin'”

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