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: by Earl Wilson 7
NEW YORK .. . While filming the first instalments of his CBS show, Phil Silvers occasionally had some free time. Result: his mother was sure he was unemployed. One day she slipped $150 into his pocket, murmuring, “This will take care of the rent.” The night the show premiered and was tabbed a success, Phil received a telegram from a friend: “Send the $150 back to your mother.” .. . Julius La Rosa, tired of being told, “Gee, Julie, you look shorter in person than you do on TV,” muttered, “Next guy says that, I’m gonna belt him.” But he didn’t. Next guy was
heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano. m™ When “The Benny
Goodman Story,” starring — Steve Allen, opens in Chicago—home town of both Benny and Steve—it should be billed: “Home Town Boy Makes Goodman.” Steve suggests a logical sequel to the picture: his wife, Jayne Meadows, in “The Mrs. Benny Goodman Story.”
™ Danny Thomas’ Make Room for Daddy is filmed before a studio audience. When a line doesn’t get a laugh, Danny strides to the edge of the stage and asks: “This is the show that won two awards last year?” .. . TV comic Dick Shawn, scheduled for a number of visits to The Ed Sullivan Show, was once signed by the Chicago White Sox as a pitching prospect. He gave
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Imogene Coca: hobo?
Phit Silvers Worries Mother; Julius LaRosa Skips A Punch
it up to enter show business. “Every once in a while,” says Dick, “when the laughs don’t come, I tell my wife, ‘Honey, get my ball and glove. I'm going in the back yard and warm up.’”
™ Perry Como, who's called “TV’s Mr. Relaxation,” says, “I’m not relaxed; I’m just tired.” . . . Description of a nonentity: “A guy who can go on Masquerade Party without a disguise.” . . . Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan, writer and director of the prizewinning “On the Waterfront,” visited Jackie Gleason’s Honeymooners set. “You'll feel right at home here,” Gleason told them. “We call this place, ‘On the Ulcerfront.’”
™@ Imogene Coca, who canceled a lucrative NBC contract, has a new cafe act in which she portrays a hobo. “I'll bet,” says Imogene, “I’m the only hobo who ever turned down a million dollars.” ... . Edgar Bergen’s planned TV quiz show, Do You Trust Your Wife? spent $8000 on a soundproof booth for contestants. Then along came The $64,000 Question. Bargain booth, anyone?
™ One of Eddie Cantor’s favorite TV gag writers was Eddie Davis, a parttime cab driver. Once Davis said, “Eddie, I have a joke for you.” Cantor guffawed. “I didn’t tell it yet,” Davis protested. “It’s all right,” Cantor said. “I have confidence in you!”