Programming: Kitsch in the Kitchen

British-born Graham Kerr, commercial TV's answer to Julia Child, made his U.S. debut in seven cities only last month. In Los Angeles and San Francisco, his syndicated half-hour weekday show, The Galloping Gourmet, is already so hot that it will soon go into prime time once a week. Two other markets will join next week. Before the year is out, Kerr, 35, may well become as ubiquitous on TV sets as the White Tornado.

Kerr's school is less Cordon Bleu than Folies-Bergere. On Julia Child's low-budget public TV series, the wine was faked with a mixture of water and Gravy Master....

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