Television: So You Want to Be a TV Star

Sooner or later the TV watcher who tunes in on a talk show is likely to decide that he could make more stimulating conversation himself. Harold Greenwood of Minneapolis is no exception—except that he decided to prove the thesis by buying two minutes of air time each week (at $102 a minute) and producing a show with himself as star.

Greenwood's miniprogram is televised over KSTP in Minneapolis and WDSM in Duluth during the network break in Meet the Press. Called Comment Capsule, it consists of a film interview with a different guest each...

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