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Danny, the toomler* who came out of New York's borsch circuit to become a top Broadway and Hollywood comic, was riding his greatest triumph: he was the U.S. traveling salesman who had won the heart of Britannia. It was not just an entertainer's hit; visiting Americans thought that he had been funnier before. By simply being his uninhibited self, he somehow embodied for Britons all that was likable about the U.S., and all that was reassuring to grey socialist Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Traveling Salesman | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

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