Talent
In the mid to late seventies (c.1977) a talent-contest element was added to the show. The strand was called "Crackerjack Young Entertainer of The Year" and featured children from throughout the UK who had successfully passed audition stages, get their shot at stardom on the small screen. Also around this time the series embraced the digital era with contestants playing Pong for prizes. One contestant of note was Don Ward who performed a series of magic tricks. Today he anchors the evening newscasts on KKTV in Colorado Springs. Although Ward did not move into the semi-finals it was his first appearance on TV ever.
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Famous quotes containing the word talent:
“Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“One swiftly forgets his intolerable writing, his mirthless, sedulous, repellent manner, in the face of the Athenian tragedy he instills into his seduced and soul-sick servant girls, his barbaric pirates of finances, his conquered and hamstrung supermen, his wives who sit and wait. He has, like Conrad, a sure talent for depicting the spirit in disintegration.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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—V.S. (Victor Sawdon)