Norman Mailer, 1963, writing about live television

The paragraph, above, is from Norman Mailer's non-fiction collection The Presidential Papers, published in 1963.

The paragraph is from a brief section in the book dated January, 1963.  In it, Mr. Mailer refers to the period of "five, six years ago"--which means that he was writing, here, of 1957 or 1958--and was recalling, certainly, appearances he made on interview programs.

 (The Presidential Papers, Berkley Medallion paperback edition, 1963)