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Feuding Comedians: Pinky vs. Red; Scripts Pose A Problem For Como NEW YORK . . . Friends are trying to get Pinky Lee and Red Buttons to¬ gether this month to patch up their feud. It started when Pinky told in¬ terviewers he flopped badly in a cafe act several years ago and asked Red what was wrong with the act. He alleges that Red snorted, “Nothing, except that it stinks.” Red denies be¬ ing so blunt and insists he only gave his opinion when begged by Pinky. . . . Writer Goodman Ace handed Perry Como a script for his new NBC show and said, “If the - ; words bother you, we can H ’ get you a Tele-Prompter.” * “I can remember the words all right,” Como re¬ plied. “It’s the order they come in that bothers me!” ■ Comedienne Pat Car- roll’s to have her own TV show, under the supervi¬ sion of Max Liebman, who has used her on his “spectaculars” but partic- Pat Carroll: ularly liked her in the Broadway review, “Catch a Star.” In one sketch she was a weeping wife - whose husband had left her. “I can’t understand why he left me,” she sob¬ bed. “We had five wonderful years . .. and five out of 12 isn’t bad, is it?” ■ Peggy King’s new contract with The George Gobel Show bans outside appearances. This doesn’t mean George and pretty, perky Peggy are un¬ friendly—just the reverse. Peggy says George never forgets to compliment her on a new dress. Once, when she appeared on the show leading a big sheep dog and wearing a fox scarf and fox muff, “Gee,” said George, “I see you had enough fur left over to make a dog” . . . Jackie Gleason’s Honey- mooners now has a warmup in which Jack Lescoulie asks members of the audience to say hello to people be¬ side them, then shake hands, then kiss. Lescoulie claims that one guy and gal fol¬ lowed these instructions— and missed the show. ■ Spring Byington says that the mother-in-law character she plays in December Bride needs something—“some good vices.” Does your mother- in-law have any good vices you could lend her? ... A certain CBS ex¬ ecutive was voted down on a proposed name for his network’s version of NBC’s “spectaculars.” His choice; “sensationals” . . . Movie beauty Jane Russell is lukewarm toward tele¬ thons since she went on one for a charity and answered phones. “Wouldn’t you like to contribute $5?” said Jane sweetly to the first person who called. “Nope!” scoffed the voice. “I just wanted to talk to you on the telephone.” ■ Martha Raye’s daughter, Melo- dye, has had a couple of mink coats. Martha explains: “When she’s 18 and a rich admirer says, ‘Would you like a mink coat?’ she can say, ‘You kid- din’? I had one when I was five!’ ” NEXT WEEK: SHEILAH GRAHAM up and up. 22