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Libby will also bring to the U.S. Congress a flair for unintentional comedy. Dubbed "Mr. Malaprop" by the Chicago press, he refers to voters of Slavic ancestry as "Slavishes," once spoke of late autumn as the time of year when "the moss is on the pumpkin." Last week, asked why he had been keeping comparatively quiet since the primary, Libby replied: "I am trying not to make any honest mistakes...
...sold 4,000,000 copies. His two albums of spirituals became quick and steady Top Ten sellers. With his considerable record royalties and TV fees, Ernie has bought a cattle ranch, where he spends most of his free time with his wife Betty, a California girl whom he calls "Pumpkin," and two sons, "Buck," 7, and "Little Bit," 4. But his ascent to the title of No. i U.S. Pea Picker has not turned his head or flawed his easy manner. "With TV, you don't have to make folks feel they have to put their coats...
...pumpkin got bruised, the white mice grew too fast and had to be replaced, and the director did not dare use a real coach-and-four because Cinderella and most others in the cast were afraid of horses. Otherwise, rehearsals were proceeding pleasantly in a big Manhattan TV studio where Broadway Showmakers Rodgers and Hammerstein and a cast of stars are preparing a lavish musical version of Cinderella. For a close peek at how a TV spectacular is put together, see TV & RADIO, Rear View...
...coffee-stained script books. Six white mice napped in a bird cage in the temporary quiet of Cinderella's kitchen. "They've grown so fast during rehearsal," a prop man said, "that we'll have to get new ones for the show." A bruised plaster pumpkin sat in front of flat No. 15A, and behind it a disheveled stagehand snoozed. Two workmen sipped tea on the set of the King and Queen's dressing room, while in the orchestra area the King and Queen (Howard Lindsay and Dorothy Stickney) munched sandwiches. On the far corner...
...show." Said Edith (Daisy Mae) Adams, the Fairy Godmother: "Why, Ed Sullivan has just one full rehearsal and you NEVER know-where you are." She twirled a baton-"Gotta get in shape with my magic wand" -then skipped off to sing her one number, Impossible ("for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage, for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage...