Les Crane

November, 1964

tv in the roundMany Millions of videophiles will be getting their first glimpse of television's latest prime spokesman for the insomniac set when The Les Crane Show makes its ABC network debut this month. Crane, a 29-year-old, Peck's-Bad-Boyish former emcee of a local New York TV talkathon featuring telephonic tiffs with Gotham night owls, earned critics' praise and outrated the competition when his new 90-minute conversation show was televised over five ABC-owned stations for a one-week tryout...

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