Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

MiJtie and so to the Professional Children's School Miltie (not without sacrifices at home) was sent. Here his natural talents were fostered and flourished until he graduated with classmates Ruby Keeler, Gene Raymond, Kenny Delmar and others who, like himself, were starborne. "When I graduated, I got a black sheepskin," quips Miltie, "when I grabbed it, it went 'Bah!' I then went into vaudeville. I had to do something. I was too nervous to steal." Of the vaudeville days, months, years that followed, Milton says, "Mother travelled in troupes with me and there was not one dump or rat-hole we didn't play. All the trials and tribulations of that time she shared with me, sacrificing herself for the furtherance of my career." But by the time he was sixteen Milton's style, the like of which had never before been seen or heard, his rubber face, his trip-hammer delivery of gags laid down the red carpet for him at the Palace Theater in New York. "Opening night I was so nervous and bit my nails so much, my stomach needed a manicure." Teen-ager Berle, however (with his mother fondly watching from the wings) took Broadway, to coin a phrase, by storm. The town's youngest emcee set a new Palace house record which has never, it is said, been surpassed. "This has been challenged," sighs Miltie. "by several comedians who claim that I packed the house with my two-headed relatives." An established entertainer now, Milton spent the next years barnstorming, playing the night-clubs and theaters — he entertained in every important night-club and theater in the USA — from coast to coast. He was a featured comedian with Earl Carroll's "Vanities." He headlined in such Broadway hits as "Ziegfeld Follies." "Life Begins at 8:40." "See My Lawyer." His nation-wide radio programs included "Ziegfeld Follies of the Air," "Let Yourself Go," and "Stop Me If You've Heard This One." Of his first picture. "Radio City Revels," Miltie gags, "Instead of releasing the picture, RKO should have held the picture and released the actors." Brother Berle did, in short, what all the happy hunting ground headliners do only, being Miltie. he did more of it. did it with the verve and vitality, the "plus" which has made him — here we go again — the King. One of the more endearing things about Milton, his humor, if you'll notice, is kindly, invariably kindly. Walter Winchell, he said, once advised him, "If you pick on anyone, let it be someone of your own calibre — only lightweights pick on heavyweights. " Miltie takes advice. He isn't, which is attractive, a Know-It-All. But from Hollywood and elsewhere your Uncle Miltie always returned, a homing pigeon, to his first loves — the stage and Broadway. "I'm crazy about the theater," says he. "I've always had it in my veins — I sometimes wish I had b^od." And now his tops-in-television Texaco Show, now television which is for Berle, the natural bourne. And what a natural Uncle Miltie is in his bourne his sponsors-in-video and we, his nieces and nephews, know to our every-Tuesday]>i<llit, slightly delirious delight. FAMOUS NUDES M/c6 type, is your 6z6yP FOOT SPECIALIST . . . everything's special about this character! Sweet-skinned, smoothskinned ... . thanks to good Mennen Baby Oil. Helps prevent diaper rash, skin discomforts. Divinely soothing. PICKLEPUSS . . . it's a nuisance, but there'll be a short wait for Mennen Baby Oil while mother opens a new bottle. It's your baby's ideal skin protection . . . your best buy in baby oils. GAY DOG . . . most people's favorite house pet is a Mennen Baby Oil baby! Apply after baths, at diaper time . . contains pure, gentle lanolin. Extra ounces give you more for your money — every time ! "THE BABE" HIMSELF... a perspiring player, but who cares? Just shake on refreshing, superfine Mennen Baby Powder— softest ever for baby's skin. Flowerscented . . . and fun ! because there's a Built-in Rattle... entertaining Mother Goose pictures on container. H £\/ery fa6y/s the r/ghf type £ /MENNEN baby oil Lanolin BABY PRODUCTS Buy your baby ootfi...ioday/ 81