Radio & TV: First Things First

Jennie Lewis is a big (5 ft. 8½ in.), bosomy, blonde showgirl who changed her name to "Dagmar" and made quite a splash on TV last year in NBC's Broadway Open House (TIME, July 9). With her sensational looks, Dagmar didn't even have to try very hard: she merely sat on a high stool, breathed deeply, and occasionally malapropped her way through a poem or a short play. Last week, looking bigger and blonder than ever, after months of "trying to find the right kind of format," Dagmar was back on TV with her own show, Dagmar's Canteen (Sun. 12:15 a.m.,...

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