- edward r. allen. (audience laughs) - edward r. allen? - oh, and george, he's great. besides analyzing the news, he has his own television show and he sits in the studio and interviews famous - and interviews a lot of people? people in their homes. - did your cousin ever hear of edward r. murrow? - ooooh, i don't know. but he's important enough, i'm sure my cousin's had him on the show. (audience laughs) - that's a great break for murrow. so your cousin is a news analyst too, huh? - right. now, for instance, during the presidential campaign, he studied every angle of it and interviewed voters in every part of the country. - i'll bet it was a brilliant analysis. - well, it will be when it's finished. - this edward r. allen was born 10 years ahead of his time and two years behind the news. - oh, yes. you know, he's been all over the world getting stories. - oh? - once his editor sent him to china to get a story on the red chinese army... - the red chinese army, yeah... - yes, he spent almost a year there studying the soldiers and he finally wrote his report. - must have