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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 20, 1987, p. 30

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It HILLS OUTLOOK Friday Entertainment Outlook Frank Shuster stories from the road i few of Frank He laid me for example about the very first televison program and did not as you might think In To ronto but in New York They doing a highly successful radio series for at the time which was two years before there was any television Their sponsor yes CBC radio had sponsors In those days was Ton Homo Permanent remember Which twin has the A high representative of that com pany visited Toronto and met the comedy learn his S com was sponsoring He was impressed enough that he invited them to New York to appear on a tele vision show the same company was sponsoring there on CBS It was called Twin Time Frank and Johnny to New York and appeared on the program frank sill remembers that the host was an engaging young man Jack Their guest appearance went well enough that they were invited back or a second appearance which they did later that summer The sponsor then told them they should move to New York and gel Into television mere but they declined that offer About years later Wayne and were in Las Angeles filming a replacement series Holiday Lodge One day Frank and his wife were driving along Sunset Boulevard when noticed the man driving the car net to them Jack by now a big star Both cars were stopped for a red light As the light changed pilled ahead but not before calling out to Lemmon Hey I remember you Twin Time Frank Shuster is a pretty good movie buff and not good rca son When he was a his a ran a theatre in Toronto and young Frank spent a lot of time me flicks tor some reason one of the films he always remembered was a fantasy called Just Imagine whose cast included a then coming young actor named Frank Shuster was aware of Albert sons career for many years appeared In such noted movies as Alice Adams The Plainsmen Room Service The Hucksters Tie Last Hurrah and many others His last film In 1963 was Bye Bye Birdie made a year be fore died at the age of Barris Beat in again when Wayne and were In Los Angeles Holiday Lodge Frank spotted by now a white haired n at Restaurant Shuster agnized him Immediately and still the first time he had seen in Just Imagine before Whin Ihc two men accidentally met In the washroom of frank Shuster resist saying to t rank Albertson I loved yo In Just Imagine were Jack Benny fans was not new to me I remem with fondness a TV special they once did tilled An Affectionate Look At Jack Benny What I dldnl know Frank mentioned It was that they had worked with Benny way ba In IM3 In Toronto Benny was louring armed bases at the lime and his schedule In eluded a show at Camp Borden Because he I gel back to New York In lime for his regular Sun day night broadcast It was arranged that he would do It from the McGllI Street Iheatrc In To ronto and feed to NBC In New York

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