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PROGRAM OF THE WEEK Take It From Me Jean Carroll and Alan Carney: women should take it from her —her wifely tricks are a treat. S TAND-UP comics of the feminine gender are few and far between in show business. One of the best is Jean Carroll, who has developed into a unique art form her ability to stand up before an audience and whip out her gags in a monologue. The pro¬ ducers of her new TV show, Take It From Me, (ABC) have attempted to incorporate this stand-up brand of humor into a situation comedy mo¬ tif and have generally succeeded. It’s a good show, giving Miss Car- roll plenty of opportunity to build laughs with her “asides” to the audi¬ ence. Cast as a so-called average housewife, complete with a bumbling, lazy but good-natured husband and a moppet daughter, she opens each show with a monologue. It’s an ob¬ vious attempt to capitalize on TV’s over-worked intimacy but it’s a fresh approach and she brings it off neatly. From her monologue, the show moves each week into the story. Most of the action takes place in the family apartment and its en¬ virons, including the basement laun¬ dry room, the corner drug store and her daughter’s school. While the lo¬ cation is never pin-pointed, it’s pre¬ sumed to be Brooklyn or the Bronx. Some of the situations and dialogue have a strictly New York flavor, which raises the question of how the show is accepted in the vast expanse of the U.S.A. west of the Hudson. It’s likely, though, that Miss Carroll’s characterization and the antics of her housewifely cronies are universally recognizable. Besides the star, much of the credit for the show’s warm humor goes to its writers, Arnie Rosen and Coleman Jacoby. They helped push Jackie Gleason up the road to TV fame by heading the writing staff of his old Du Mont program, and they’re doing just as well for Miss Carroll. She herself is great, both in her monologues and in the action scenes. The sly ways she tricks her husband into whatever she wants should be welcome as helpful hints to house¬ wives. Alan Carney (no relation to Art) is a fine foil as Miss Carroll’s hus¬ band, and little Lynn Loring is okay as their daughter. The supporting casts have been good. 22