Evening star., 1951-09-20
By Harry Macarthur

LII c0 okAlI4 n az t4lC bAASdeSA ooAASAAN'
he was saving not "These are thu
Jokes, laugh it up," not Il know
you're out there ! can hear yol
Ibreatnina," but Il don't have tt
do this for living"
Shortly, Mr.. Berle introduced
Channel Swimmer Florence Chad
wick, who said, Hello" "Sht
lswam the channel four times.
Isaid Uncle NIFTY. Its really two
times, but can't say channel two
II have to say channel four"
Mr.. Berle then introduced Alan
lRoth-Alan Roth. that is, land
his United Nations orchestra
some day they may all get to-
Igether.'
1t was time soon for another
guest and Berle said this one "just
got back from California. where
he was hailed by thousands. OF
course, he was driving a cab at
the time
It is possible that NBC-TV is
out to make log rolling champs
out of all it's comics, for this guest
turned out to be Eddie Cantor
Mr.. Cantor traded funnies with
Mr.. Berle and sang a song plead
ing Don't Put a Tax on the Beau
Itiful Girls"
Mr.. Berle returned with a come
Idienne, the two of them made up
like those people Charles Addams
draws, for which Mr.. Addams was
given no credit and will be smart
if he doesn't demand it. With the
help of some actors made up to
represent Boris Karloff. Lon Cha
ney and Bella Lugosi. Mr.. Berle
and his friend performed a skit
which led up to the singing OF
a song called Come on-a My
HearSe."
Berle managed a serious intro
duction now to bring on Jane Fro
man and, ah, what a singer this is
Her medley of Its a Good Day.
Embracable You" Tea for Two
and Song In My Heart" was
enough to make anyone happy tc
be on hand.
+ 4 +
Miss Froman was through all
too soon, however. and Uncle Mil
ty was back, this time with Can
tor again. the two of them
presenting their idea Of what CO.
starring show called "Tl1e Texa-
colgate Comedy Theater' might be
like. The very thought leaves you
Iawe-struck.
When Mr.. Berle and Mr.. Can
tor had finished their duet 1t was
Itime-probably long past time as
far as the sponsor was concerned
to bring on Sid Stone with his
usual sales pitch. Mr.. Stone was
followed by the Nicholas Brothers,
who are top-notch tap dancers.
| When they had finished. Berle
came around again, this time to
introduce a young man named
Private Eddie Fisher. protege Of
Eddie Cantor's. Private Eddie
Fisher sang Bring Back the
Thrill" then went into a recita-
ton described in notes taken at
the time as "schmaltzy" and
finally sang Home"
Somebody, Berle probably, al
legged that Private Eddie Fisher
would turn out to be greater than
any of Cantor's previous proteges
+. Dinah Shore Deanna
Durbin Jenny Lind.
| Time, as it always does though
it may sometime seem that it
never will, finally ran out and all
hands gathered around to sing
God Bless America" Then Mr.
Berle thanked the theater audi
ence for coming, said he was glad
it had such good time. cast a
nod toward the audience at home,
warned it that he'd be back next
week, and the 1882 season must
now be officially under way.
Crime -BuSter-Another momen-
tous television event of that same
night was the debut of Rudolph
HALEY as the narrator of Crime
Syndicated" CWTOP-TV - Tues
day, 9 PM. The worthy purpose
of the former chief counsel of the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee is to expose some of the
methods by which organized crime
operates.
There is a dramatization, of
course. based upon some actual
case or cases, and the opening one
was a fairly suspenseful drama.
How much Mr.. HALEY can con-
tribute to this, beyond the dignity
of his own reputation, is question
able, however.
His voice, it must be faced, is
not the most pleasant one in the
world. 1t probably is ideal for
taunting witnesses into making
dangerous admissions in anger
and it seemed most fitting during
the hearing telecasts when MFR.
HALEY was using it to badger
Frank Costello. Whether you want
to listen to it week after week,
you'll have to decide for yourself.
Mr.. HALEY, incidentally, made
a curious statement for a lawyer
to be making during his opening
program. I'm order to make an
arrest" he said at one point of a
narcotics agent, ''he must get
enough evidence to prove a case in
court"
Could Mr.. HALEY be recommend
ing any other kind of arrest.