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...drug on the market, but no cure in itself for those who are sick for success. The Gambler ("Security is for suckers"), on CBS's U.S. Steel Hour (Wed. 10 p.m., E.D.T.), was a character study of a megalomaniac, painted in overripe colors. The gambler (Jack Carson), at the nadir of his career (he is broke), risks whatever is dear to him for a bet on a sure thing that turns out not to be so sure. Its soupy point: the biggest suckers are those who think they can ride home on the long shots...
...Steel Hour (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). The Gambler, starring Jack Carson...
...most promising and engaging personality on the summer replacement circuit is Johnny Carson, 29-year-old comic of CBS's The Johnny Carson Show (Thurs. 10 p.m., E.D.T.). With a droll sense of humor. Carson never raises his voice, but has an effective way of raising an eyebrow, and he combines a slow double-take with a quick smile. Given good material, he could be irresistibly funny...
Apart from Carson, comics were not doing so well, except perhaps financially. Three of them, Jackie Gleason, Sid Caesar and George Gobel, were keeping their names on TV all summer by producing the replacements for their own comedy hours. In the Gleason spot was CBS's America's Greatest Bands (Sat. 8 p.m., E.D.T.), which presents four different jazz bands each week and thus far has seemed intent on proving how unimaginatively popular music can be presented in a visual medium. In Sid Caesar's NBC spot was Caesar Presents (Mon. 8 p.m., E.D.T.), a catastrophically unfunny...
...Johnny Carson Show (Thurs. 10 p.m., CBS). New comedy show...