Word: como
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then there are Victor's Singing Dogs yelping out the same tune, one canine voice to a note (done by splicing tapes) to achieve a spirited effect, while Perry Como (in a reissue) transforms God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen into a queasy dirge. The curtain on Victor's celebration is rung down by Christmas, Christmas, with chorus, chimes and strings uniting to provide a festive background while the bass voice of George Beverly Shea repeats "Chrishmush, Chrishmush...
...Real Nothing." Naturally, he is distressed that his high-rated Perry Como Show (Sat. 8 p.m., NBC) is clobbering its CBS rivals, Jackie Gleason's Stage Show and The Honeymooners. Gleason is not only a nice guy but a good friend of Perry's. In the latest Nielsen Top Ten, the Como show is No. 7 and Gleason is nowhere in sight. Says Perry: "I'd rather go on at 2 o'clock in the morning when there's no trouble. I don't want to fight anybody." On the air, Perry sings four...
where he was born Pierino Como, the seventh son of a seventh son. Just about every show he does, the writers come up with a great idea for a barbershop scene...
This week his guest star will be Kirk Douglas, who will be wearing the beard he grew for his recent movie based on the life of Vincent van Gogh. "Naturally," says Como, "they want me to shave...
...told Kirk that if I do it, it won't be a gag. I'll really take the beard off. They're liable to send me back to the barber business if this keeps up." Como lives a relaxed home life at Sands Point, L.I., where, except for golf, his main preoccupation is his wife Roselle (they were married 23 years ago in Pennsylvania) and his three children (two of whom are adopted). Most evenings he lies on a green couch in his den, munching apples and pears and watching television...