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mmm CONFIDENTIALLY . by Earl Wilson Jackie Gleason Plays Hypnotist; Herb Shriner Recommends Jelly TV NEW YORK . . . Jackie Gleason loves to perform,, even if the audience is only half a dozen . . . and he wants to be a hit then, too. In his swank new 5th Ave. apartment, he was re¬ cently practicing hypnotism before a few friends. His subject, a girl, was seemingly in a trance and kept call¬ ing out correctly the numbers on cards concealed from her. Jackie’s chums were im¬ pressed until the party broke up—and then the girl confessed to her es¬ cort, “Jackie was whis¬ pering the numbers to me.” Herb Shriner has persuaded Max Liebman to permit him to show black-and-white home movies on an NBC col¬ or “spectacular.” “But what will that look like in color?” I asked. “Like black and white,” said Herb, “but if the kids will just smear a little jelly on the set, it’ll come out in color. That’s the kind of color TV set I have.” who gets a headache-by-headache ac¬ count of the worries the TV job in¬ duces. “So what did your analyst do?” Jacoby was asked. “Poor devil,” said Jacoby. “He cracked up.” ■■ Marion Marlowe’s husband-to- be, Larry Puck, co-producer of Ar¬ thur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, now finds himself in a curious position. Godfrey has in¬ dicated he’ll use Talent Scouts performers on his Wednesday night show, which means that Puck’s supposed to be looking for people to replace Miss Marlowe and others whom Godfrey fired. Steve Allen: jammed. ■■ Red Buttons was called on to say a few words at a big party where nearly all the guests were associated with TV. Said Red: “I’m so glad you asked me, because I’m celebrating to¬ night. Just got the new ratings, and here’s the good news—I’m back in the first hundred!” . . . Coleman Jacoby’s recent writing chores for Imogene Coca’s show have offered quite a problem for Jacoby's psychoanalyst, ** Ex-prize fighter Carl Brisson, Rosalind Rus¬ sell’s handsome father-in- law, is burning. An inter¬ viewer who didn’t know much about him said, “And now we bring you Carole Brisson!” . . . George S. Kaufman’s classic line about turn¬ ing prize money over to a charity is still the best. Said George: “1 would like to donate this money to a needy family, of which I am the head.” m Steve Allen wished to show his appreciation of the courtesies granted him by a Miami hotel owner. Steve did it as only Steve would. “Since we mentioned the hotel on our program,” he said, “everything’s been jammed. The windows have been jammed, the drawers have been jammed, the doors have been jammed. . . .” NEXT WEEK: SHEILAH GRAHAM 22