On his opener, he won over the studio audience almost to the point of receiving an ovation at the broadcast's close. Cast members rooted for him wholeheartedly, Frank Pittman gave deftness to direction, and Waterman's own intrinsic thespian integrity contributed to an initial performance that was greeted with enthusiasm." The same review panned Honest Harold as derivative, unexciting, and, in the end, "just another show." It would fail in its lone season to develop any appreciative audience, while Gildersleeve under Waterman did a slow, inevitable fade and expired in 1957, at the advanced age of 16. Though
( John Dunning )
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