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...recently strutted a dapper dandy in brownish-grey toupee, cake makeup, Kings Man cologne, suede-and-'gator shoes, jeweled cuff links in the shape of a Jewish Torah, and a wristwatch with the letters of his name in place of the numerals. The watch spelled GEORGE JESSEL. The old vaudevillian briskly filled the President in on the war, assured him that he would waste no time in telling the world about the great job the boys were doing out there, and perhaps even winked a few funny lines at L.B.J. It was darn near R minutes after L before...
Kosher Causes. Even at 68, Georgie Jessel is as energetic as he was in the '20s when he hoofed, sang and gagged around the circuits with the Marx Brothers and Eddie Cantor. Nowadays, however, he sticks mainly to monologue, or rather oratory. He likes to think of himself as the "Toastmaster General of the U.S." Since he is essentially a Jewish comic, he specializes in Israel-bond and similar fund-raising functions. He is equally proud of the fact that he spoke at inaugural parties for Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy...
WAYNE AND SHUSTER TAKE AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK AT GEORGE BURNS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Not to mention Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Bea Benadaret, Harry von Zell, Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, Bobby Darin, Carol Channing and Sergio Franchi...
...strain to hear. His song in the schoolroom is a weird blending of dewy innocence and dark corruption. Carolyn Stouffer, Mrs. Grose the housekeeper, tends to be shrill, and her diction is sometimes muddy, in contrast to the rest of the cast. Carlotte Wilsen, as the ghostly Miss Jessel can be both terrifying, when she calls to Flora, and tragic, in her beautiful schoolroom song...
Labor Handicaps. Locally the omens for a Labor victory seemed far from bright. The Conservative candidate, a dynamic business executive named Toby Jessel, 31, ran a hard-hitting campaign, hopping over hedges to pump housewives' hands and playing on the themes nearest to their hearts-chiefly rising prices and taxes. By contrast, Labor's Kevin McNamara, also 31, seemed colorless and retiring, limited his campaign pitch mainly to a call for loyalty to Wilson and the defense of government policies. Moreover, to add to Labor's troubles, a red-bearded left-wing journalist named Richard Gott...