Show ST S by this tall fall most of the WM b big names in radio and screen will have entered television and it will mean the day of reckoning for amateur comedians jugglers a acrobats and other vaudeville acts that have no place in the television world of tomorrow of the video pioneers there are two great troup ers who will be to the new medium what hope cantor benny skelton and alien allen were to the development of radio they are imogene coca and sid caesar stars of great program show of shows the fairer sex member of television televisions pride and joy is a veteran of the stage although she according io to her own opinion ion baa has played in nothing but dogs on broadway since she broke into show business 15 years ago A dynamo on the air in person is so shy and retiring you hardly know ashes in the same room A dramatic actress safi he ne was ona evening when she put M on her directors folo polo coat about six sizes too large lage r to keep warm she appeared app p e r e d so comical that the pro ducer of the show thought she would be a natural for comedy he was so right that today we have TVs top comedienne and one of the few pantomime pan tomine experts in the business sid too became a professional onal by accident he lie wa was 3 a musician when he enlisted in the coast guard during world war II 11 because of his natural wit he was given the role of a comedian in the coast guards great production tars and spare spars he played the same part in the m movie ovie and made his tel television cislon debut last year there was no intention of teaming imogene and sid they were terrific as solos but it was inevitable that they would combine their tal ants in some of televisions most hilarious moments they go toi gether like taffy onan nan apple yes television has had come of age and a great deal of the credit will go deservedly to these two |