Word: mostellers
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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Fortnight ago Basin Street added a comedian, Sam ("Zero") Mostel, a 27-year-old six-footer barely out of his swaddling clothes as a professional entertainer. A painter by training and profession, Mostel was only the hit of his friends' parties until February, when a press agent landed him in a Manhattan night spot, Cafe Society. Since then he has been signed for the forthcoming Victor Moore-William Gaxton show Keep 'Em Laughing and last week rode off on a 13 -week Basin Street contract...
With rant, doubletalk and repetitious exaggeration, Mostel achieves a weirdly intelligent satire. His first efforts for Basin Street pleased the studio audience more than they did radio listeners, but Mostel, new to the microphone, last week reduced his dependence on pantomime. Some of his established impersonations: an isolationist Senator ("What the hell was Hawaii doing in the Pacific?"); Charles Boyer cooing to Hedy Lamarr ; Hitler explaining his withdrawal from Russia...