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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-08-15, Page 2Laughing off' 0 Television By Dick Kleiner NEA Staff Correspondent NEW YORK—Critics of tele- vision frequently charge that the newest of the entertainment media doesn't breed its own stars. But nobody can deny that ti develops amazingly talented "second bananas"—men like Sid Caesar's Carl Reiner and Jackie Gleason's Art Carney. And now you can add a new ON SCREEN, Louis Nye's face, voice change with each role. one, Steve Allen's Louis Nye. His most frequent character — the Madison Avenue laughing boy, Gordon Hathaway — is a small gem. And Nye does so many other characters on the Allen show, many of them an - is easily spotted. But Louis Nye's face and voice and even his car- riage change with each of his portrayals. He is, first and fore- most, a highly talented actor. This comedy streak in him is a late -flowering facet of the man. He was, for many years, a radio actor. He called himself "an emotional juvenile," and generally played highly -charged roles. He was also a competent "double," a radio term meaning that he could and did play two parts on the same show. "All this time," he says, "I had a feeling, inside, that I was fun- ny. To myself, I thought that I was a funny guy. So what I'd do would be to play benefits. I'd do monologs, whatever came into my head. "One time, I did one of these monologs and a Broadway col- umnist was there. He wrote me up for a whole column. I was so scared somebody would offer me a job as a comedian that I ran home and hid." Nye, during this period, had no confidence in himself as a funny man. There was something inside him, wanting to come out, but he would have died of fright on a nightclub floor. It's a strange situation, one he won't go into very deeply, but one that is happily over. "Now," he says, "I could do a nightclub. But there's no long- er the great need there once was. Before, I wanted to, but I couldn't. Absolutely could not face it." What changed him, more than anything else, was the Army. He began to do little things in the recreation hall at Camp Crowder, Mo. He did sad mono- logs and funny monologs and patriotic monologs. (At one time, he had a partner for some of these—Carl Reiner.) He came out and went into Broadway shows, like "Inside der heavy make-up, that chances erre you don't recognize him half the time he's on. This, of course, is a tribute to his own acting skill. Reiner is always Reiner and even Carney U.S.A." and the sensational flop, "Flahooley." And then he began to do some TV work. About five years ago, he worked an.. ABC-TV show called "Talk Of The Town." At that same time, Steve Allen was doing the old amateur song -writer show, "Songs For Sale." Allen and Nye exchanged fan letters. Then they met on an ele- vator and Steve said, "You'll be hearing from me." As soon as Allen got his "Tonight" show, he kept his word. He and Nye have been working together off and on, ever since. Nye comes from Hartford, Conn., where, as a kid, he says he had to play a part. "You know how skids are," he says. "Every kid has a certain role in life to play. There's the tough kid and the cry-baby kid and the best ball -player kid. I was' kind of skinny and weak and I didn't have a part. So I began to do imitations of the neighbors and then I had a part—the funny kid." At 18, he was working on a Hartfor radio station for $2.50 a broadcast. He's been working pretty steadily since then. All these years, he's been ob- serving people. He has a great gift of mimicry. With a gesture, a facial expression, a tone of voice, he can capture a per- sonality' type. His Gordon Hath- away is that soft of characteri- zation; it is nothing like Nye himself. Where Hathaway is hail -fel- low -well -met, Nye is quiet. Hathaway has a ridiculous ex- pression. Nye is serious. Hath- away thinks of himself as quite a wit. Nye seldom says anything funny. Hathaway is a dapper dresser, Nye is a sober dresser. They are opposites in every sense. Nye is married to Anita Leon- ard, the songwriter who com- posed "Sunday Kind of Love" and the current hit, "Graduation Rings." They have a 31/2 -year-old son. While Nye leads a comfor- table life, he admits to the urge OFF SCREEN, Nye is serious opposite of TV Hathaway. to have his own show, "pro- vided I find something that I would fit into." Meanwhile, he goes on with Steve Allen. The strange thing about this relationship is that there is no contract. He waits until Allen. calls him, otherwise he doesn't go on (and doesn't get paid). The best second ba- nana currently working, in other words, is up for grabs. The 18 -hole golf course, con- structed on the high rolling slopes east of Prospect Point, offers a variety of hazards which will test and delight the average golfer visiting Saskat- chewan. 140 STEP THERE — Nancy Jamieson looks as if she wants to rake another step down as she acts as ballast during a wild Sail on Lake Calhoun. Chivalry took a beating, too, as her bro- thers Tom and Jerry take it easy inside the class D sailboat. WHILE OUR THROATS ARE PARCHING—Beer is king for a day in the Bavarian town of Riedenburg, Germany, as these foaming "beer mugs" march through the streets during the festival of the "D.ay of Beer." Held for the first time, the celebration drew thousands of visitors. it featured the symbolic marriage of "Miss Barley and Mr. Hops." 111111 Long summer days lag some- times, especially for teen-agers• who are used to being in school. Suggest that they use their in- genuity to invent new drinks and desserts. The turn -around method may appeal to them— for instance instead of making a chocolate soda with vanilla ice cream, make a vanilla soda with chocolate ice cream. The same method may be used with strawberry or pineapple or peach sodas. Color may be added to marshmallow sauce— green, red, or yellow, and different flavors added, too. For instance, a sun- dae or parfait may be made with chocolate ice cream and this marshmallow sauce colored green and flavored with pepper- mint writes Eleanor Richey Johnston in The Christian Science Monitor. "ltift;een nli i tes= is all tlz required to bake these country tr' style buttermilk biscuits. Buttermilk Biscuits 5 cups flour 2 teaspoons soda 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons salt 6 tablespoons lard 2 cups thick buttermilk Sift dry ingredients together and cut the lard into them until all is grainy. Beat in the butter- milk. Knead slightly in the bowl. Turn out onto floured board and roll to /-inch thickness. Cut with 3 -inch cooky cutter. Place in greased tins and bake 15 min- utes in hot oven. * * * A good bread you may want to try during the summer sand- wich season is made with sev- eral flours. You can. add 6 table- spoons soy flour, 6 tablespoons dried milk and 4 tablespoons wheat germ to it if you desire more grains in your bread. This was sent in response to a re- quest for a 7 -grain bread. SPECIALTY DARK BREAD 1 cake compressed yeast IA cup molasses cup lukewarm water 1 cup milk scalded cup water 2 tablespoons shortening 1 tablespoon salt 4 cups sifted flour % cup whole wheat flour 3/s cup cracked wheat 1/ cup rye flour 1 cup oatmeal Dissolve yeast in the 1/h cup lukewarm water and about half the molasses. Pour hot milk over shortening and salt; add water and remaining molasses and cool to lukewarm. Combine with yeast mixture. Combine flours and oatmeal and add mixture to liquid mixture, 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. When dough is stiff, turn out on lightly floured board, and knead until ,,smooth and elastic (about 10 minutes). Shape into a ball, grease top lightly and place in greased bowl. Cover and let rise in warm place (80°85° F.) until double in bulk. Punch down. Let rise again. When half again its original size, divide into two parts. Roll in balls. Cover and rest 15 min- utes, Mold into loaves. Let rise until double in bulk. flake at 450° F. for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 375° F. and bake 40 minutes longer. Turn out on rack and let cool away from drafts. ANCHOVY SUPREME 1% teaspoons anchovy paste 2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing 1 dash each, garlic powder and seasoned salt teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons each, chopped celery and chopped Chinese cabbage 1 hard -cooked egg chopped iii medium avocado, crushed 1 tablespoon chopped pecans or cashew nuts Blend all ingredients together and serve on toast. * * GREEN PEPPER CHEESE DELIGHT 5 medium or 4 large green peppers, washed, seeded and cut up • medium onion taplespoons salad oil Vespoons, sugar 1 teaspoon salt Juice of 1 lemon 1 package (6 -ounce) cream .cheese 2 tablespoons mayonnaise Grind peppers and onion in meat chopper. Add sugar, salt and lemon juice. Allow this mixture to stand in refrigera- tor 2 hours or longer. Drain in colander. Combine cheese and mayonnaise and add to first mixture. Stir until well mixed. * * * You may like to top off your party with some colorful gum drop cookies. GUM DROP COOKIES % cup shortening 34 cup sugar 34 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 1 teaspoon vanilla % teaspoon salt 1 cup flour 3 teaspoon each, baking pow- der and soda 1 tablespoon water 1 cup rolled oats 3 cup shredded coconut s4 cup gum drops (small * * * Here are two sandwich spreads which may be new to you. They're well worth trying. Britons tons In For Odd cieties Are you interested in avicul- ture? Do you like folk -dancing, or do you feel strongly about smoke pollution? If so, there is a society of fellow enthusiasts waiting to welcome you to their ranks . For in Britain to -day hundreds of such organizations are flourishing. Possibly you consider King Charles I was wrongly executed in 1649. If so, there are at least two societies who would like your support. One is the Royal Martyr Church Union, whose object is "to rescue the memory of Char- les 1 from the tradition of a damaging fiction which passes for history." Another is the So- ciety of King Charles the Mar- tyr, who also agree with the aim of the RM.C.U. Due to the cancer scare, many people have given up smoking. They would ,be welcomed by the National Society of Non - Smokers. This society, which publishes a quarterly magazine called "Clean Air," safeguards the privileges of non-smokers, particularly in trains One of the aims of the society is the prohi- bition of smoking in restaurants and cinemas. Then there is the Smell So- ciety who want to make every- one smell -conscious. The ' So- ciety's keen noses - were once called in by the authorities of a seaside town to assist in lo- cating an unpleasant smell which was driving visitors away. Are you fond of goats? If so, there is a British Goat Society which will tell you all you want to know about these sensitive creatures. Another animal organization with a wider scope is the So - pieces). Use scissors dipped in water for cutting. Do not use black or spiced drops. Cream together the shorten- ing and sugar. Add egg, orange rind, vanilla, and salt. Sift to- gether the flour, soda and bak- ing powder. Add to first mix- ture. Add all remaining ingred- ients. Press into rolls 2 inches in diameter; wrap in waxed paper; chill overnight in refrig- erator. Slice; place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 340° F. 8 minutes. ciety for the Preservation Patina of the Commonwealth. There are more than fort". societies devoted to the cane. of temperance,but the P.U,P.S., or Pub Users' Protection So- ciety, is definitely on the other side of the fence. Members of this organization who have reason to suspect a landlord of giving short measle ure are liable to whip out a spe- cially devised ruler which will calculate the bulk loss due to an excessive quantity of froth on their beer! Many trades and professions have their own special societies, among them flour millers, dow- sers, magistrates, coroners, for- esters, cab drivers and oyster merchants There are societies for the protection of wild life and flowers, for equal citizen- ship, for the preservation of place names, for the introduc- tion of the decimal system, for early closing, and the abolition of slavery. Before the formation of the London Fire Brigade, members of the Society for the Protection of Life against Fire manned the fire appliances of the metropo- lis To -day their active partici- pation in the work of fire -fight- ing is no longer necessary. But the funds of this same organization are now devoted to the provision of rewards for acts of bravery in fire -fighting and grants for the dependents of firemen and others killed while trying to save life in fires. Beekeepers, numismatists (coin expert s), toxophilites (archers), ornithologists (bird experts), bankers and railway guards have their own profes- sional societies. The Society of London Moonrakers preserves a link with old-time lawlessness, but its members whose presi- dent is the Duke of Somerset, are strictly law-abiding these days. This Society, all Wiltshiremen, takes its name from a gang of Wiltshire smugglers who were once surprised by excisemen as they were dredging a pond with rakes in the light of a full moon. When challenged, they said they were trying to get the "fine big cheese" they could see re- flectd in the water. After the officers had departed, chuckling at the stupdity of countrymen, the "moonrakers" proceeded to fish out their keg of illicit brandy ,undisturbed! WILL KEEP ON TRYING—At Stateville Prison, Joliet, III., Nathan Leopold, who was denied executive clemency by Gov. Wil- liam Stratton, tells newsmen that he will keep trying to win his freedom until "my dying breath." Leopold is serving 85 years for the slaying of 14 -year-old Bobby Franks in 1942. FOOLPROOF PHOTOGRAPHY—The energy of li to provide home moviemakers with correctly has a new, 8 -mm camera with a built-in ele sets the lens opening for correct exposure. M only lob is to start the camera in motion. Sk works. Light entering the photoelectric cell (b current. The current flows through the meter the iris gears. This opens or closes the iris a light to reach the movie film. The exposure ously, with no attention from the photograph camera is running. When there is not enough the viewfinder warns the tAlotographer to sto ght itself—solar. or artificial --has been tapped exposed film. The Bell & Howell Company ctric eye that "reads" the Tight and automatically an at left photographs a baseball game. His etch at right shows how the exposure control ottorn of camira) sets up a flow of electric coil, moving r41. gear mechanism that controls perture to permit exactly the right amount of control operates instantaneously and continu- er, even though the light changes while the light to make good pictures, a beacon Tight in p shooting.