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Actor emcee and dancer guest: Charlton Heston swaps chitchat with Vera-Ellen. Variety Hour PROGRAM OF THE WEEK If it’s true that imitation is the sin- cerest form of flattery, Ed Sullivan should be strutting. Intentionally or not, NBC’s new Colgate Variety Hour is following all the tried-and-true precepts for TV variety programs es¬ tablished by Sullivan’s competing Toast of the Town. And the formula seems to be working. The first few instalments took a leaf from Sullivan’s book by intro¬ ducing clips from new movies—un¬ fortunately, films publicized earlier on other TV shows. This is a gimmick that can be overworked, providing advertising for movies rather than entertainment for viewers. But then the show hit its stride with a salute to Broadway song-writers Dick Adler and Jerry Ross. Sequences from their “Pajama Game” and “Damn Yankees” added up to a fine hour. Under its system of using guest em¬ cees, at least until fall. Variety Hour presented Charlton Heston on the first two shows. He did a good, work¬ manlike job, even though some of the acts he introduced were barely par for the course—although movie star Vera-Ellen, for one, scored in a dance routine. George Abbott, producer of “Pajama Game” and “Yankees,” played host to give viewers some in¬ teresting backstage commentary about Adler, Ross and their twin hits. York Productions, of which Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are part own¬ ers, reportedly have some good things lined up for the show. Dean and Jerry themselves are scheduled to appear as performers in the fall and winter. If they’re still a team, that is.— R.S. 18