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26 RADIO REVKWS Wednesdajv October 6, 19'13 AINAH SHORE PROGRAM With Roland YounfT, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Ed Gardner, Harry Von Zell, Joseph Lllley Singers, Robert Emmett Doian orcti Writers: John Whedon, Cornelia Otis Skinner Directors: Glenball Taylor, Sandy \ Slr6na(;h ". 80 Mins.; Thurs.. 9:30 p.m. GENERAL FOODS iVABC-CBS, New: Vork . .(YoHiie Ri(bicni)i) Din<ih Shore, an obscxire siuslain- ing vocalist of local New York sla- tions only four vears ago, emerges as a top name arid personality as star of- her owii program lor. General Foods. ^;Her ri.se, though iapid, lias by no Trieans been surprising; rather,, it how appears to have been ihevit-. able.' F6r:Mi.s.s Shore; already recogr iiized a.S; a torchere prbve.>;: she has become one of the top emptiorial baU, • lad singers. Moreover, in this new seriiiv of hSr own. she' i.s a su^ve,- assured and warmly ingratiating m.c. ■ She has./beyond a doubt, arrived. Not that the new. .=how Is. any- where tiiar perfect. It has a num- belv of flaw.*, 50me of itiem glaring, though nprie seemingly beyond, cor- rection. However, the necessary in-: .gredients are there lor a smash pro- gram. And, indeed, it'i; a sophisti- catedi big-lime, di.'stirictly enjoyable stanza evcii now. The m,->in ques-. tiori, whether or 'not Mi.ss Shore would.prove to have' enough stature as a persorialily, as well as a singer; to ciarry the: serie.«, is emphatically aiiswered affirmatively.. ' Other as- pects ;of the proira'm must be doc- tored, but the basic quality is.there, K r om '^hc r xwal—open „ . Joseph Lilley group .singing 'Dinah,' the- show i.'! positive and distirict. Still without inlroduclioh. Miss Shoire proceeded oii the "Thursday night -130) debut with a glowing vocal of.-'Sunday,. .Monday? The ntitnber itself is.a Irifle slow for an opener^ but the type of sonl qt.whibh she's best, and she rhade it a stand- out.' . She. followed with the guest spot, in this in.stonce playing a sltill- .ful and attradtive straight to -Ed' Gardner. 'Archie' .clowriihg. which was also a .sock; Then .sh« and Harry 'Von Zeli. with a neat .a.ssist Irom /dardncr, delivered, an ingeniously integrated and jjersua.sive corrtmeT- cial for the product. Birdseye. frosted food.s. She al.s.^ did a quietly effeCT live-selling job with Von .Zell;oh. the closing commercial. Thereafter, Miss, Shore sang three riurhber.s, none of them current pops: "The first .two, introduced as i-equesLs from .sbUlicr listeners arid siingvin Miss Shore's best lush style, were 'Put Your Arms Around Mb, Honey' .arid 'I'll Get By,' while the third; the prograrn's cloiicr, was the .traditional GERTRUDE LAWRENCE With Robert Benchley. 'Lyn .Murray. Chucho Martinez,' Frank .Gallop, Mixed .Chorus; Ray MilIan'd,.Moss Hart, guesLs Director: Charles Martin. .Writers: Charles Martin, Soro- mers, Will Glickmaii Comedy, Drama, SInsIng, OrcheHtra REVLON NAILPOLISH, LIPSTICK 30 MIns., Thurs.^ 10:30 p.ni,i WJZ-Blue, New York iWilliom H: WciM(rfliib): . > ♦ ♦ < M ♦»♦♦♦» ♦ ♦♦♦ M » t , Follpw-up CoDunent :: Comiti' Through the Rye.' This de parlure from current hits 'not only, gives character to the- .show as a whole, but tends, to lilt Miss Shofe out of the strictly pop vocalist cate. gory. The. principal weakness ot the pro- gram at tliis hearing was the regular corriedy .spot.. Roland Young and Cor- nelia Otis Skinner iiv a 'William and Mary' domestic routine. On the opener, itc.seemed overlorig arid rather poinflcss, besides being played loo, forcefully. There, will have, to be plenty, of doctoring to this inter' hide. And, though the .switch-overs • were Idone . with- dispatch, r it's ap paienlly bound to , l>€ difficult to jnake the ses.sion ieerri part of the main show; Under the present setr - up, the Young-Skinner piece orig^ inates in New York. -It's written by jMis.s Skinner and directed by Sandy Stronach (with Day Tultle slated to take over the 'as.signment). . John Whedbn scripts the-contin- tiity for the major portion of the program, with Glenhall T.aylor di- recting and Bobby Dolari's orchestra supplying smoothly textured accom- paniments. Unusual, it not unprece- dented,: i.s the fact that A1 Sachs gets air credit for Miss Shoire's vocal ar- rarigemenls, which are worth taking credit , for. Miss Shore now gets $.2,500 a week for Ihe .shpW, with option increases ultiriiately taking the' amount to $5,000 a week; The budget for the entire show - is re- ported to be $9,000. 'On the "basis of the initial broadcast, the . entertain- ment is worth it. Hobe. . Revlon lias sipparcntly trained its. sights on a small.iselect aiidienc'e.lor this weeWy bit of chichi,, and it also apparently i.s prepared to pay a big- price lor that small; select, audience. The' bill, per broadcast runs around $20,000: the program being budgeted at $13,500, liriie flg'uriiig $5,200'and the balance goiiifi lor . agency com- missions and incidentals; "It on ;.the. other hand, the sponsor in lauiichmg its 26-week campaign had. a" jna.ss. au- dience -in view, and that woiild be the logical expectation Irbm the viewr point of the expendiUir.e and the price, range of the cosmetic line in- volved, then it faces a fhoice of twtf aitcrriatives: (1) disappbintment and frustration, or 12) a 'di-ja.svic revision of the present show'.s ■ format., tone and .quality of material. It is quite possible that Rcvlpn's inducement; into network radio had "been, in part, influenced by the old advertising, device of investing a ■product with, class by .a.ssocialing it with personages, backgrounds: and other elements which, to magazine and tabloid readers,'are; symbolistic of 'class. Unquestioiiably Gertrude Lawrence, both as to hQr standing as i37r«n d - h e r ko64j 1 pe ri p hpry .,: represents, 'class,'- biit the loregoing theory :has yet to prove :itself an ef- fective instrument in. radiO; Kellogg's hapless experience.with 'The Circle,' the classy gathering ol classy people in-qlassy patter at a net Cost ot $20, 000. a week, is still'the classic ricga tiori of this theory in radio's, book of rriemorabilia. The; stanza that Revlori 'unveiled last Wednesday. '30) sought.; like The Circle.' to beguile; jts listeners with snatches of ' smartyrsmart bandinage, Robert Benehley in - a couple passages of his woozy humor aiid a thumbnail, version of Miss Lawrence's ■ stage success . 'Lady .in the Dark.' ■ The only thing aboiit the crbwdedl hodge-podge that stood out as good: radio was Benchley'.s hfuriny mdnolog on the' theme o£-.vitamins. It. seemed to be the best break he's had in radio for some time and . if was al.so the only thing on the pro gram' that souride'd unafTected, The gaiety that .surged arounct the motley collection of cafe society accents and general crossfire had anything but an air of the natural and spontaneous about it. . Out in Crabapple Cbrriers, or . even in Flatbush. the goin's-on miist, have been quite puzzling,,par ticularly when the.-bbn riiots v/ev cued to such term:s and phrases s 'manic; depressive.' 'scViizophrene: arid 'recurrent; delusions of grand; eur.' Considering bplh the'play ex cerpt. and the parotly which fbl Idwed. it was Freud's-first big night in. radio. Another first ,lhat rriay be credited, to the program stems from the performance of' the photog- rapher-character in the 'Lady in the Dark' interlude. ; H-i^ characteriza- tion of the pronounced swish was the .first of its species heard pri a net -■woi-k. ■ . For those unfamiliar with the play or its plot, the telescoped version of 'Lady, in the Dark' coiild nof have had. much meaning. . Where Miss Lawrence did give glow to her per soriality as a trouper: was iu the singing of two: tunes from the-play. The 'Jenny' song, especially,, was i da.rb. Limited as was his opppr tunily, Ray Milland deployed him sell ingratiatingly in the role of the advertising manager. Moss Hart writer-producer ' of 'Lady's' leg Cab Calloway's, guest shot on the Lower Basin Street' program Sun- day evening (3) (9:15-9:'I5-Blue) wa.s humorous bit of non.sen.se lor which a bright .and often brilliant cript. in verse W-as pvovided. It was built on the tmusual idea of putting Jive' on tirial, with Calloway, in de-. feiise and demonstrating in behalf, of With 'Miririie; the Moocher,' his theme time; lor. years. .Bandleader haiidled his lines flawlessly, as did the characters- involved with h'rii. Paul .Laval's studio- orchestra; a egiilar on the .show, ■ accompanied Galloway's rehditibri :6,t'^Minnie,'. li di,d siXch an excellent j'ob, apparently using Calloway's;own ■ arrangement, that it. 'was difficult .16 dctermfne that it was; ript .the. leader's; own or- chestra. ; Texaco's CBS musical pas.sage Iced off i,ts guest policy-last,Sunday <3) with Alec Tcmpleton, and the choice llirned ■ out. to be a . natural; The pianist drew Irom: his kit; two ol his more mirth-ehriching sariiples, the swingphtiny' ort George Gershwin's Embraceable Yoii,''; arid ' the. -.opera burlesque.''Giovanni;' -with the re- sult that the hall-hour took on lots of .buoyancy an.d delight! "The event also 'marked the addition, of: Diane. Coiirt-ney to th" cast. Her interpre- atipn ol 'Ho-w;, Svi'eet ; YPu Are' served to underscore'her rating:as one of - the. finer'- pop. sopranos .bl network r adio. She replaced; Joan ■Rubyi'ls, of 'OklHliuiria,! who rytii'Bd Irom the series'the .week before. <'BUREAU OF mSSING PERSONS' With Detective .Charles E; Meyer; Capt. John J. Cronin Director: Will BAllIn .15 Mins.; (Allei'hate|. Sundays,, 8:30 : p.m..:; - Sustaining W2XWV-DU MONT, New York The N. Y. city police, -who have •been utilizing television jil corijunc- tiori witlv civilian delense' activities, put it to still another'use last Sunday (3) as aji aid in locating missing per- sons. And according to Capt. John J. Cronin., head ol the ,^6^ York City Police Dep.nrtment's Bureau, of Missing Pcr.sohs,. tclevi.sion alio may Vvell be u.sed to round up criminals. Sunday's- pi-ogram o/fered convinc- tng demensti'trt-ion-pf-television's-po»- tentialltics. which are at present hampered by the shortage of equip- rncnt and scarcity of home receivers. Six 'pictures ol .seven missiilg; persons were projected on the screen arid held there lor two minutes-while Detective Meyers gave name, age and dclailcd (lc.--(M ipnnns. •Your Home Front Reporter' has had a ;drastic. overhauling, Monday Friday afternpphs on CBS lor Owens-Illinois glass. Don -Pryor Is now .the reporter-m;c:.; replnring Fletcher;; Wiley, while - Waltei-. Cas- sel, and ?hil Regan. .are the male vocalj.sfs, succeeding Frank- Parker Eleanor. Steber ron-iairis; aj fcmme soloist,; Hugh Gonrtover ■ as an nouncer and David Broeknian as baloner.' Pryor sticks pretty do.seiy to. -straight reporting;-in contrast to Wiley's folksy .personal : coriimcnt while Ca'Ssel and Regan expand the melodious aspect ol the. show. With the; riotably sirnpler continuity, it's' an Improvement. Lois.-Ulln-ian Is now scripting, with Paul Louis directing:lor the D'Arcy agency.-Tbe commercial copy is practically, imr perceptible:. , . .. Miller* McGlintock, president of Mutual, briefly traced-the history and pointed out the highlights of the net- work's development during its nine :years ol e?cistence, which was obr served bri the web's 'California Melo- dies' show; last Saturday -12). He ". . (Continued on page:34) versibn; wove in and but ol the verbal: lanlare 'that -:preceded an'd followed the presentation, ol 'Lady." He had one recurring crack, namely that he had directed the radio ex- cerpt arid 'for nothing.'-. What .with all the hoity-toity chit- chat and 'Lady in the Dark.' there w<it-n't much else that Chucho Mar- tinez, young Mexican tenor with a ni,t!htclub background, could do but render a quickie chorus, , and Lyn Murray and the orchestra only had time to dish out the accompaniment to. the play's excerpt arid Martinez' quickie chorus. The tenor sounded as though.he had something worth- while to offer-arid that less chitchat and (nore bf his singing should- have been the order PI the day. Tire sales copy was tersely and agreeably phrased'and Frank Gallop was the announcer., ITie series- will switch to.the Sunday 10-10:30 period on the Bluc,',starting Oct. -IT.Odec. KATE SMITH With Ted. Collins, Kenny Tounfman; Ellsabath Qerfner, VIct/ory Jory, Vera Allen, Sllano Brasgiotti, HoaEy Carmlchaeli Soulher.rialres, Jack Miller orrh. Writers: Jean Hblloway, Ed Jurist Director: Francis van Hartesveldt 55 Mins,; Fri;, 8 p.nt. GENERAL FOODS WABC-CBS, New York tYbiiiij/&;.Rul)ic'am). After a sca.son \v.itlv a half-hour siiowi Kate Sri-iilh returned to the air: Friday night ill) with her- former lull-hour iiiiie (actually,' it's 55 rinin-. utei j . lor "General Foods. As belore, it's a;major program with.'the atriibs- phere anil, impact that iinplies. But the .sea.son's opener revealed two disconcerting lai;ets.- One bl the dra-' matic .spol-guoster and, since that's a: variable, was relatively unimpor- tant. The other:was B completely changed wa.-^'.bf s'iiiging by the star. That involves the show's. hasic ,ap- peal,-mid,-as the change' raises .a. question, of sbulvd judgmcnl,'is vital tb its prospects - for xontiriued' pbp- ularity. That .Mi.ss Smith ha.s, drastically altered her familiar style ol'siiTging is beyoiid que.slibn.- She has long been noted, and has been enormously successful,,; lor her ability to sell a song, lor the way she can biiild a nuriiber to a tremendous climax, and' IheUi in her uniquely ppwerlul voice, bring' it to a rbusin& finish. -It has come to be. virtually, a trademark with her.: No. one has; been able to rival- her at it. and it has been spec- tacularly efTectiye. : ' But on thi.s broadcast'Mi.ss. Sm ith seemed to,oe trying.lor a oiues m; ner ol vbcaljzirig. Instead ol the old pyramiding and 'the electl'llyihg tempo, she dawdled through .iier nurribers,' using only a Iractibn ol her normal voice and, despite.ej<per.t ac companiment by, Jack Miller's or che.sfra. Jet what, would once have been :.stioiig finishes 'fade > a way. in niinor,'ke.v..- Only in one, luunber, "Music, Alacsti'O.. PIc'ase/ - was she even parll.v. the-old Kate Smith; That was her best nuriiber; : Hei- niost du- bious interpretation was "People Will Say,' the : smash love sbrig: Irbm 'Oklahoma.' bn .which her ai-ran|e- riient riot only took liberties with the lyrics, but actually-atisied an un. becoiiiing blues ending.. Every artist, as it may logically be argued, has the right to take ac count of changing popular styles and: to adapt his or her own style to the trend. Iri. the case of Mi.ss ISriiith, a'ny sliarp variation br adaptation is more noticeable because slie hcr.selt holds high ranks as the hinovalbr of a particular: style son-ie;lhing unique' with which .she :has ,been identified pver the cour.sie bf :15.years. • The: drairiatic pbrliori- of the show offered . .pa.ssages Irom the ''current Brbadway. legit play.: 'The Two Mrs'. Carrolls.' witiv vElisabeth Bergner, Victor Jory. 'Vera .Allen and Stiario Braggiottl. repealing their stage,per- lormance.s.. B'rom ■ almost every standpoint;; this: w'as aii unsalislac- tory iiitcrlude. The piece itsell was ragged and coiifu.sirig.: The produc- tion and direction seemed rough arid the piji-formances ranged Irom in- audible (by Mi.ss'Bergner) to uniri- tclliBible (by:the. others). ■■ Hcniiy Youngmiin; returning a.s the regular comic of 4the show., uiicbrkcd steady laughs with his brisk moriolog nonsense, but floundered when a suct" cession ol;character stooges entered the ;.script. "Thi.s part'bl the prpgram also nced.s intensive doctoring: "Tlve Soulhernaires offered two numbers, in the .spiritual manner, and Hoagy Carrriichael, as an extra guest; sang and played one tune and then, pro- vided the piano accompaniment lor Miss Smith's-vo.};al ol his inevitable 'Stardust.' There is no. longer an 'announcer tor the .show. Miss Smith and 'Ted Collins sharing the assignment. They still handle the commercial copy In repartee manner, being a bit on the coy side, but punching the sales mes-^ sage- effectively in every, ca.se. The products are now Jello, Jellp pud- ding and Sanka coffee. Jean Hallo- way -writes the regular continuity, and Ed Jiirisl adapted the 'Two Mrs. Cariblls' sketch, Francis yan Hartes- veldt directs loi" the YbUrig-& Rubi- cam agency.. It's evident that mbntey is being spent to provide ample su.s- stance to the program,'but careliil revision is needed to -whip .it into slick form. ; Hobe, •' RUBINOFF and HIS VIOLIN One of tlio lii-.st known nniKlcnl ti'ndouini-Ks- In An-ioi-lca .l.« "Uiililnoff arid liis. Violin." .It haH Inntf-si.nndinf; cdnsiimer ncccplancc in' millions oX hpinpH-thi'puiJhout the ciVuiury. Since lii.s recent rfidliVproKrainK Ihou'saMrts of Icller.^ have pournl Iri to. th<! itiue .V.clwdi-k e.\-|ii-fssliii; ihi-h"f iulMl,-!liiMin for HiiblnorC. and Ills Violin Critics lliroiislioutDie nailori aci-liilinod 'Uic prbKnin-i.si Essex lIoHHe,: New Yoi-k Cily EDDIE CANTOR With NorA Lou Martin, Bert Gordon, Harry Von Zell, Cookie Falrchild; -Martha Raye, .guest. Comedy, Songs, Band IPANA TOOTHPASTE 30 Mlhs., Wed,, 9 p. m. WEAF-NBC, New York ' (Young & Rtibiciiiii) ;; lEddie CantPr took ofl last Wcdnos. day (29)'for hl.s third »"bmp arbu'pd . the.calendar in Bristol-Myeis' behall, and everything . about the halfrhour ' was iamiliar and grbbved to last sea- -; son's entry with but one exception. Latter was. Cantorl.s latest singing 'find,' the 22-year.-old Nora Lou. Mar- tin. While no Dinah Shore; Mi.s? Mar- tin js endowed: ith plenty of vocal appeal. Listervers are certain to lake . to her sblt',: insinuating style- and. penchant ibr einbroideriiTg her final :le,\V bars with ,a flourish ol flute-jike.. - cbloratiira., -: She's a, little ■ different Irom the :geiie,ral run bl name pop singers, and that difference, plus a natural leei for melody, should gain: Ibi" Miss<Martln a Snug little riiche";n radio.! ; :■-.' '. ' .: . The cbrticdy contour.s and convblu- tibns pi the openirig occa.siori were • indigenously -Eddie Cantor—cpriiy, brassy: and. punchy; Martha Raye was the guest,' arid her hbydenish ; flights fitted smack into a script that was :\)i'ell tailPred lor the, lavor -of the immediate - sight audience—the servicemen at the Los ;Aniedbs iCal.) Naval air station.: Bert Gbidoivs "Madi Russian' rbUtirie .still had. a crisp quality, about it,, and. Cantor himsell was 3s procine aiid effective ; a ringmaster as i^ycr, .- High bn. the' program's cau.se lor laugh.s .was Can- ■to r 's biri"l estH'e- ol; 'A.xis. propagarida broadcaster.s. It wa.s ,' something , he introduced last season. .; The show also had its eustoiriary piorale ditty.: .-The commercial ■■- theme likewise held .to the old grbove, nanie|y, the attractive sm'l<j that comes with the lise of Iparia.- Odec,^ 'FUN WITH DUNN' Cast': Eddie Dunn, Vera- Ilpllcy, . Three Sisters,. Jack Albertson, Art Carney,: Dick Bryan, Tony Marvin, . Jeft ;Alexander orch . ' . .— Writeri:. ■ Noririari , Paul, Raught, Albert Spraul, Ray . Ed Reynolds, Mort Frankel Director: Marx Loeb 30 Mins.; Mon.-Frl.. Suslatinlng WABC-CBS, New York ' As ariother step in what i.-; regard.; . ed as a trend awa.v from draniaiic serials as;daytiriie progriim lare, Co- lumbia iast. weck . lauiH'hcd a .new flvc-a-week, variety, .siustainor, .soine- what in the. caleRory bl : NBC's "Everything ;;CJoes' : and . 'Mirth and Msdncss;' The new .eiilry' is 'Fun with Dunn,' with Eddie Dunn as ni.c. :and;principal, cbmic. As heard Mon- day 14) it's a lair show ol Us kind. 'There's inevitably a basic dirti-. culty with variety 'su.stainers.. That is the limited b'udiiet. wliich makes it toiigh to get s'ali.sfaclory sciijits. Usually, its the comedy aspecl that -causes, the headaches. The iiiiliiil ,'Fun with Durin' broadcast conlairicd a few.moderate laughs, but nothing' sock. Dunn has an ca.sy, rather:<?ri-. gaging mariner bf spooring, though he dbesn't imrnediatoly establish: a distirict air per.spnalily. .For niost of . the paltei- Tony Mniviri slvaighls, but: there's ^ spot- iiear the close;, apparently slated as a regular fea- ture, involving a corner-cutting.per, center 'character.': On the, opening - installment the spaf.sc studio autli- ence (or else the low-leveled audi- ence mike) took the edge off the clowning. For the rest of the .show. Vera Hollcy vocals In rather effortless, style, but can use .scaiibning as a reader of comedy. Xhe Three "Sis- ters (Margie, Genie and Bea Ro.se) provide standard harmonizing. Dirk Bryari sings ballads and:Jeff Alex-, andier's orchestra plays in jazz mode, with emphasis on Tjrasses. With ' prober doctoring.. "Fiin with Dunn'- should be a rcasoriably good com- , mercial bet. possibly .shared by dil- ferent accourits on different days. Hobe. CHATS ABOUT DOGS With Bob Becker 15 Mins.; Thurs.; 6:15 p;m. JOHN. MORRELI/ & CO. WABC-CBS, New York (pe'iiri-Huv.st <SE:AfcDoiinId In between Red' Hart (iomriier- cial.s and general jjlugs ipr prepared pup lodder. Bob Becker sandwiches ill lacls on the care and leeding' ol dogs! Becker has been .doing this, type bl .show since-radio's pioneer day.?, His fall tceoff session Thurs- day ;i30) n-iarked the .shift of'the series from ,NBC to CBS... ■Except for a short juv,e-slanted /cp- ispdcof a boy .and: his pooch, the bulk, of the-progranVwunded-like ©ne con- tiiuiovis commercial. First there was' arinounccr ;Ed preiitiss talking about Morrell's- hams and bacoris. lolloWed by a spiel:, on Red Hart dbg fobd. Thiii wa.s taken up by Becker,: viiho advised .weariiniS the dog away Irbm hard^to-get' rationed meat.-and sub- Ftitutin.g pvppared' food diet.' 'FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY' v Cast:: Jim Jordan, lilarian Jordan, Arthur Q, Bryan, Gale Gordon, Ransom Sherman, Shirley Mit-; chell, Harlow.Wilcox, King's 'Men, Billy Mills orch Writ«r: .Don Quinn: Director: Cecil Underwood 30 Min.s.; Tues;, 9:30 p.m. JOHNSON'S WAX WEAF-NBC, New; York (Ncedhairt," 1-piii.'! & BrorbM) There's happily little ctr^rige the 'Fibber McGce and Molly' .show in its return lor its i>inth season for: S.; C. Johnson.& Son (Johnson"s wax arid;(jlo-Cbat lurnilu're polish); Jim and;.Mariari Jbrdari .coritinxie 'their warm, affectionate badinage in ..tl;e title parts, with: .Mrs. Jordan al."© doubling as the ri.isalr'vaicfd Little' Girl.; It's all artiusirig, ingralialin.t! comedy and can hardly fail to maln- tairt its, helty"popularity. •. A mirior, but notable, change in the show is the addition of Ransom Sherman to the ca.-"l; to: play the slightly OH-baliince i;oles-ot Wallace- Wimple and - the thcaire n-innagcr, Mr. Wellington. Particularly ih ,the. latter characterization, he's a'di.MiiVct click and. adds grnuine lift 1" 'he sh&w. Formerly Ihe. star of scverjir ol hi:s owii variety progran-i.s, Sher- man is a character comedian who ■ (Coniiriued on^page 34)