Show Walter Winchell On On Broadway Lo the Poor Celebrity e Griping about the discomforts of being a celeb is popular popular but but the greatest fear feal every well-known well has has is is sinking sinking into oblivion or orthe orthe orthe the Was Once-Was Division If you really want to see what a Click looks like look like look around for a face with Worry running wild across it Privacy is what they all want although most of ol them will indulge In the most insane publicity publicity publicity pub pub- stunts to keep from being forgotten A headwaiter will treat a celeb like a a. king but the celeb is never sure about the way his friends treat him him behind behind his back No matter how many favors he does does if if he neglects neglects neglects neg neg- to do one all the nice things hes he's ever done are forgotten in inthe inthe inthe the flash of a temper People who were his friends before he became famous suddenly find themselves called stooges by his rivals rivals because because they are still his friends Perks will try to embarrass him himIn himin himin in a public place in the hope it might give them some advertising etc He has a press agent who praises him publicly but pans him privately When he heis Is Is recognized on the street people stare and giggle at him as though he had two heads or a tail If he spends his money freely freely- he winds up broke If he doesn't hes he's he's hes called a a. cheapskate He will seldom thank a newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper man for a good notice notice and and he will never stop sulking about a sour one He has to be nice niceto niceto niceto to everybody for everybody for fear that if he shows he is human and has a temper or a yen to shove some heel heel heel-he he will be called a swelled head Some clunk who said once Hello Hel Eel Hello lo there when he was a nobody pops pops up as one who made him what he is today etc Nick Kenny puts his name down in his Happy Birthday dept which reminds reminds reminds re re- re- re minds the pests and clip-artists clip to bother him for favors or cash lance Free-lance writers will earn their rent by writing articles about him most most of them being poisonous pieces which might harm his attempts attempts at at- o tempts to continue to make a liv liv- l ing No matter how many nice things he does there will be some who will claim he is doing it only to grab some publicity Ok If he lie tries to be modest he be is accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac 1 of ot putting on an act If It he isn't modest he is considered the the damnedest egotist P People ople J who detest having their own privacy privacy privacy vacy invaded cant can't find enough to read about his private life He lie would like to walk Into a night club or theater naturally but the studios studio's press dept says for saps And so he must barge or cruise in with all the ceremony of ol a ship launch 5 ing He is always talking about taking vacations but he is bothered into doing so many free shows and taking bows wherever he goes for relaxation that he never can find time to take it easy j He lie alwa always s thought that time and fortune would bring him complete independence but he discovers that remaining Up There keeps him chained to the grind The commotion he creates sometimes annoys him but it would annoy him more if he created none |