Word: tenoritis
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Overcome with honeymoonshines while lunching with Queen Narriman at a seafood restaurant in Naples, Egypt's pudgy King Farouk burst into tenor solo, gave his bride a table serenade with a Neapolitan love song, in turn got a burst of applause from delighted guests...
Washington was openly skeptical. Declared the State Department: "If Mr. Malik's broadcast means that the Communists are now willing to end the aggression ... we are . . . ready . . . But the tenor of Mr. Malik's speech again raises the question as to whether this is more than propaganda...
...kado. The unmistakable political tenor of MacArthur's speeches drew quick fire from Oklahoma's trigger-happy Democratic Senator Robert S. Kerr. Said he: "If MacArthur's not a candidate for President, there's not a steer in Texas. The Mac-kado rides again!" Most everybody else seemed to take the general's own disclaimers at face value: before Congress, he had referred to himself as "in the fading twilight of life"; in Houston, asked if he would be a candidate for President, he replied, "Emphatically no." What was plainly clear was MacArthur...
Mario Lanza Show (Sun. 8 p.m., CBS) gives Tenor Lanza a chance to display a repertoire ranging from such popular songs as Be My Love to Toselli's Serenade. The pause between vocals is enthusiastically filled by Sponsor Coca-Cola...
...Jerry Colonna Show (Mon. 8 p.m., ABC-TV), thus far unsponsored, originates in California but owes more to Minsky's than to Hollywood, as Colonna is propelled with quivering mustache, freewheeling eyes and hog-calling tenor through a series of burlesque skits. As a barber, he uses a chamberpot for a shaving mug; on a rocket to the moon, he nuzzles a blonde stowaway; as a TV repairman, he pulls a battered corset from a TV set, crying: "Your condenser is weak!" Best example of Colonna's Klaxon charm: his screech-voiced assault on the popular song...