In default of entertainment, television last week was giving away more money than ever before. CBS unveiled a new giveaway, Do You Trust Your Wife?, a money-tosser that has nearly as many M.C.s (Edgar Bergen and three of his dummies) as it does contestants (three married couples). The show is filmed—and filmed badly. Large blisters of light kept glaring on and off during the 30 minutes, seemingly timed to the excessive applause of the well-trained studio audience. The winning contestants: Robert and Roberta Hickey, parents of eleven children, who won $100 a week...
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