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...svelte Septuagenarian Marlene Dietrich, the show must go on, if not the preshow party. Shoving aside a waiting wheelchair at London's Heathrow Airport, the statuesque star hobbled into England last week, still feeling the effects of a leg injury suffered earlier this year. Princess Margaret ordered up a royal reception at Grosvenor House, where Dietrich was scheduled to make her first West End cabaret appearance in almost 20 years. Despite a guest list that included Director Franco Zeffirelli and Actor Christopher Lee, the evening's main attraction canceled out by phone. "I haven...
...year and a half over WOW-TV in Omaha, then in Los Angeles. "KNXT cautiously presents Carson's Cellar," he used to say. Thirty weeks later, KNXT threw caution and Carson to the winds, and he fetched up as a writer for Red Skelton. One night, during a preshow rehearsal, Skelton got a concussion bonking into a "breakaway" door, and Writer Carson went on in his place. With assurance and finesse, he laid out an ad-lib monologue mocking the economics of the TV industry. It was good enough to prompt critical applause and comparisons with the then reigning...
...uninhibited are her on-camera demonstrations that some viewers suspect that the more hilarious moments may stem from a preshow nip or two. But such is not the case. Although she is a staunch advocate of using wine in cooking, she never imbibes on the set. In fact, the wine that is shown on the table at the end of her show is, for economy reasons, a mixture of water and Gravy Master; Julia herself once kidded the rumor by pretending to take a sip of the mixture, announcing, "I am now going to enjoy a delicious glass of estate...
...minutes before they went on the air, Kennedy strolled over to the Vice President, and both spoke inaudibly as they shook hands. Moments later, TV monitors in the studio pressroom came alive and focused on Nixon. He was sitting grimly, staring straight ahead, as if to substantiate preshow betting that Nixon had decided to take the gloves off and hit hard...
...audience Trendex ratings fell drastically last week ("21 Skiddoo!" chortled Variety). And to nobody's great surprise, the $64,000 Challenge joined the line-up of suspects when a Tennessee minister announced that the toughest part of a four-ply question had been slipped to him at a preshow "briefing session." But the week's real drama was played out on the tape in the D.A.'s office. Leading character: Dan Enright (real name: Daniel Ehrenreich), 41, who rose from New York City's schools via radio engineering jobs and the Signal Corps into the dazzling...