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  1. John Dunning _ On the Air: The Encyclopedia

    On Dec. 9, 1953, Lewis gave in to the inevitable urge to link them by offering The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln on Crime Classics and the play that Lincoln was watching at Ford's Theater, Our American Cousin, on On Stage. This was a mistake, Lewis admitted years later: Our American Cousin was dull beyond salvation, and it earned him the only rebuke he ever received from CBS chief William Paley. The next morning there was a note on his desk. It said: "Interesting idea. Don't do it again.
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