Word: munshin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Betty Button Show (CBS, 8-8:30 p.m.). Betty and her comic guest, Jules Munshin, in a musical show called Who Killed Vaudeville...
There's a lot to be said for an evening of quiet, amusing entertainment, with any social significance so deeply buried that there is no point in dragging it to light. When you can watch two such talented performers as Helen Hayes and Jules Munshin in the bargain, it almost seems worth while to abandon exams for the evening...
Miss Hayes and Mr. Munshin run the show when they're on. Both are masters of the aside, and both use it to good advantage throughout. Munshin tends to overdo his swagger and his wheeze sometimes, but is otherwise a thoroughly enjoyable character as the leader of a "mob." His two mobsters, played by Everett Chambers and Guy Raymond, are stock caricatures. (Raymond's part, incidentally, is that taken on Broadway by Fred Gwynne '51, who performed on the local scene a couple of years...
...those in Bless You All again & again fall flat. For one thing, their targets are usually as obvious as their aim is erratic. Perhaps the liveliest number is the most elaborate: a take-off of a 1960 presidential campaign conducted entirely by television. The show overworks Comic Jules Munshin, who is pleasant to have around now & then, and overtaxes Comedienne Mary McCarty, who can perform-but not miracles...
...favorites, South Pacific, Gentlemen Prefer Bionds and Kiss Me Kate are still around, now at almost popular prices. Bless You All with Jules Munshin, Pearl Bailey, Mary McCarty and Valerie Bettis is sure to be a hit with many of the Call Me Mister group included among its credits. Tickets may still be available at box office for some part of the vacation...