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Show By LYN CONNELLY COMBINE Art Llnkletter's fondness fond-ness for meeting people with his great curiosity and you have the reason why he makes his daily CBS radio "Hquse Party" seem like as much fun for him as it is for the listeners . . . Every day he gets the chance to meet a dozen or so strangers and ask them all sorts of questions about themselves, them-selves, their jobs, their families and their neighbors ... In addition, addi-tion, four young boys and girls come from various Los Angeles public schools every day to chat with Linkletter . . "Sure. I like talking with people." peo-ple." Linkletter admits, "but best of all 1 enjoy talking with those four young people" . . . Linkletter Linklet-ter confesses that he's not always sure how the youngsters will answer an-swer even the simplest of questions, ques-tions, but he says that's what makes that part of the program the most fun for him ... "I hope radio broadcasting will always be a source of entertainment for me, I mean," he says. "So long as it's as much fun as it is talking with people. I never want to quit." Well, we must admit Art does a hangup job with one glaring exception he ridicules names to a point of discomfort not only for the person in question but for the whole audience audi-ence . Do wish he'd take it easy. PLATTER CHATTER COLUMBIA: Frankie Laine's latest is a double-side hit that ought to sell well . . . "Long Distance Dis-tance Love" is backed by "The Kid's Last Fight". . . Neither song is great but Frankie's renditions put them over as usual . . . Les Elgart revives a roaring 20's number, num-ber, "The Varsity Drag". . . It's backed by "Rocky's Prelude". . . Percy Faith does his usual fine work on a beautiful number called "Dream, Dream, Dream". . . Flip side has "Eleanora" . . . Rosie Clooney's latest is "Tomorrow I'll Dream and Remember'. -. . Reverse Re-verse has "Brave Man." |