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The Johnny Carson Show Johnny Carson, the star—naturally!—of CBS’ sum¬ mertime Johnny Carson Show, is a young comedian who has been compared to such established TV funnymen as George Gobel and Herb Shriner. It’s true that he uses their relaxed tempo, rather than the mile-a-minute style of gagsters like Bob Hope and the pre-conversion Milton Berle, but his brand of humor is strictly his own. He’s a personable, pleasant young man whose forte seems to be whimsy and satire, rather than so-called “sight gags” and slapstick. However, his material isn’t always up to par. Not all his opening monologs come off and his sketches are sometimes unamusingly familiar. So far he has done his best work in parodies of TV shows like Person to Person and You Are There. At his best, he’s first-rate, but it still re¬ mains to be seen whether he’ll evolve a suitable format before the end of his summertime tenure. A girl singer adds variety to the program each week. Among them, with good results, have been Jana Lund, Barbara Ruick and Jill Corey.— R.S. ®y Ollie Crawford i FINE TUNING Magicians’ show scores on summer TV. Now the air may be filled with flying sorcerers. • Friend of ours tried to be a magi¬ cian, but all he could do was make the audience disappear. He practiced making things vanish, beginning with hotel towels. • He used to call people up from the audience and make them disappear into thin air, but one gal was so big he had to make her disappear into fat air. • He trained his own assistants un¬ til they learned the magic word. It works for anybody. It’s “money.” • This boy began each trick with “Abracadabra,” which is a line of dialog from a British movie. It means “Stop! That lowly chimney¬ sweep is really Lady Pamela!” All magicians say it so you will know they are magicians. Then they make a few passes, but you know how stage people are. • He used to saw women in half, although he bored most of the men. • Our friend said one gal was the prettiest he ever sawed. She was the perfect girl for the act. Her measurements were 36—2—36.