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/Voxaotien Committee meeting 2-16-61 - Page 3 work*and methods that investigations and the scientific deductions - all the kind of things that have a documentary feeling in this kind of a show, at the same time lend itself to a dramatic portrayal* Question ? Would they show violence as it existed or would it be x exaggerated or I guess would we have a voice in whether or not the show violence bill which/is going to come out sooner or later is probably under - ?ç" ? Are you planning to show violence? Answer ? Well, I don't think you can get away from the fact, Al, that if you have a show that depicts police werk that in order to have conflict they can't investigate iving every week people cheating on >%ddu^ ice cream sodas to children* Naturally, the show will have a certain amount of ... there will be the criminal element of whatever kind. It could be felonies, it could be feunco-typ^stories, it could be any story of be- that kind which comes a part of any metropolitan area's police files. May I tell you a little about it in ease these gentlemen don't know. We had three shows as their heroes. on the air that have private eyes/ The privateer-eye formula is fine. It operates in the realm of fantasy. I am sure there are no private eyes in the whole world that a re like our private eyes. They're handsome young men and theyra*&e getting younger. We have one on the air now where we feed them milk most every day but the successful shows are attracting people and they operate really in the realm of fantasy. They really are not real people. Now we consider the private eye formula in xwdt relation to Las abandoned Vegas is very successful* However, we tan^^tei it in favor of official law enforc ment type of show inaejfiuch as the depiction of this city we determined would be better if we showed it in a thun^er pcint of view of the morally responsible body of men who are hired by the citizens and carry out the function of a first-rate police department and sheriff's office being under that designation* Our particular kind of shows ??n that general Warner Bros* doesn't try to do shawm yt$$ have a seamy look oScut them ojfby nature are depended upon fey violence in general* We like to tell stories of peOqtie and characters and naturally in the private eye shows