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To: Jeffrey Beckman who wrote (9426)	1/17/2008 10:03:30 AM
From: Chris Forte	Respond to of 13724

Those are great recalls - Julia and I Spy. I guess the show was saying that prior to Flip networks had a very hard time selling commercial time to sponsors if a black was the lead entertainer. NBC gave Nat King Cole a variety show and it garnered zero sponsors. NBC paid the production costs but after a while they gave up. They also mentioned Harry Belafonte. The sponsors told Pat Boone he couldn't have Belafonte on his show because he was politically controversial. In fairness, there was very little about racial inequality on the show, mostly it was just good laughs about Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar, Smothers Brothers, Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton, Laugh-In etc. Sid Caesar claims the variety shows died because of the remote control. People developed no patience. If they didn't like part of a show - boom, next channel.