TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

BURT & JUDY ( Continued from page 50) and cuddling to go on? Living with Burt, he decided one day to have a dog-to-man talk. "Our Judy's as tasty as a Welsh rabbit," he said, "so get with it, Burt, or some English sport like Richard Burton will steal her." But Burt was too busy memorizing lines for the next day and paid him no mind. Clyde scratched his head and went off to ponder this problem. The next day, when Judy came to visit, Burt was going to barbecue hamburgers. Clyde looked at the plate of freshly ground beef, then at the young couple lost in a tender embrace. Suddenly a light dawned in his big, brown, brooding eyes. "What's needed is a bit of derring-do, old boy," he told himself, and promptly leaped up on the table and wolfed the beef down. Then, with a yip of satisfaction, he plunked himself down before the love-bemused couple and waited developments. They were soon coming. "It's your fault," accused Burt. "You let him get away with anything and now you've spoiled him." "I've spoiled him," countered Judy indignantly. "Well, do tell. You're the one who's keeping him." "Why is it, when Clyde does something cute, he's your darling darling? But when he's bad, he's all mine? And you forgot to bring his food today." If it were possible for a basset to grin, Clyde would have done it. All was going according to plan and on schedule. Sure enough, the two humans he loved more than life itself could not keep up their pretense of a quarrel. Judy wiped the floor where he had let a bit of the burger fall, threw her arms about him and gave him a hug. He licked her face and looked up at Burt with his imploring eyes. Burt proved as big a softy as Judy. He leaned down and gathered both girl and dog into his strong arms. "It looks," he said, with a laugh of full surrender, "like there's only one way out — we'll have to get married . . . for Clyde's sake. Judy, if you marry me, he'll be living with both of us. That way, we'll have one shopping list and his food will never be overlooked and he won't be tempted to snitch burgers." And so, on Friday, June 28th, 1963, in the chapel of the First Methodist Church of North Hollywood, Judy and Burt were united "for better, for worse . . . and for Clyde." There was only one thing to mar Clyde's happiness. He was not invited to the ceremony or reception. His hurt was considerably soothed, however, when Judy's parents, who'd flown over from Merrie England to attend the function, brought him a large chunk of the wedding cake. When the newlyweds were about to drive off to Carmel for their two-day honeymoon, Judy made Burt stop the car so she could hug the melancholy pooch goodbye "just once more." The meeting between this warm friendly pair was not a thing of pure romance. Actually it came about last September on a CBS promotion junket to Miami, Florida. Burt, who was a new addition on "Gunsmoke," arrived in Miami on a different plane from Judy, and his first inquiry was "Is Donna here?" He was referring to cute Donna Douglas of "The Beverly Hillbillies," whose company he had found so enjoyable on a previous junket. When he was told, "Donna isn't here but an English doll, Judy Carne, of 'Fair Exchange,' is around," Burt simply shrugged. The show hadn't made its debut as yet, and he'd never heard of Judy. But he needed a companion to go sailing, so he asked to meet her. Love at first sight? "How did she strike me? Like a pretty teenager, nothing to write home about," he recalls, grinning at Judy. She tosses her pert little head and retorts, "Well, I did think Burt was attractive-— but I could tell at a glance that he'd be easily dominated, the way most American men I'd dated were. It was definitely not a case of love at first sight." But after their first date? One of the publicists on the trip recalls with a grin, "If it wasn't love at first sight, it must have been the balmy moonlight. They came back holding hands, with stars in their eyes. All during that week in Florida, they were inseparable. And Burt even took Judy to Palm Beach to meet his parents." Says Judy with a wry smile, "I was wrong about how easy it would be to twist Burt around my finger. He took a strong hand with me from the start. He made the decisions and just gave me no chance to get bossy. A couple of months after we met, my parents came over and put their stamp of approval on Burt. I rather think they expected me to marry an American, and I suppose they were relieved that I hadn't gone for one of those angry young rebels. In fact, my father told Burt, 'She's a bit of a rebel herself, so keep a tight grip on the lid and the kettle won't boil over.'" One of the things that attracted Judy to Burt was his philosophy. It was an outlook on life he had acquired after an auto accident kept him from becoming an athletic coach. On his old-fashioned rolltop desk, Burt had framed the following sentiment, borrowed from Watson Duncan, his first drama instructor at Palm Beach Junior College: "A man I have seen succeeded in life because he is a cheerful and hopeful man, who went about his business with a smile . . . taking the chances and changes of this mortal life like a man. . . ." "Burt," says Judy, "is a smiler, and he's never too busy for a friend's problems. I like that trait. Whenever he signs off after talking to a friend on the phone, he'll say, 'Good luck in any line of work you do.' The more successful the friend gets, the funnier that line becomes. But it shows that those in Burt's crowd have a sense of humor." That she herself has little vanity, if any, may be seen by the lack of makeup on her face. She uses a touch of it on her eyes, but that's all. 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