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Show MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 13, 197i Six ComicsIn All-Special Night Set Special Dec. 15 Channel 2 will hold an “AllSpecial Night” on Tuesday ee30 p.m. with “The ” animated eet version which has become a Christmas season for millions of television Wonder what’s the best thing to invest your meney in? Or how to get the other guy to pay the check next time you’re on the town? Or how to win $500.00 at the races, providing you have the 10th annual “ narrator for “The Little Drummer Boy.” Jose Ferrer, Teddy Eccles and Paul Frees hs voices for the characters ROBERT GOULET (EFT) star as the vaudeville eS a ing Greco aad mas”special to be colorcast on Channel 2 Tuesday at 7 i Patricia Neal’s At Homein 2 Couniries Patricia Neal lives in one of Behind the Scenes Streisand Success Not Just a Splash in the Pan By ALICE PARDOE WEST HOLLYWOOD — It was no in the pan for once poor Barbra Streisand — this tremendous success of hers. She is still going strong. for the ‘ming of “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story,” which will star her in a two-hour drama at 5:30 p.m. eee But iss Neal’s roots are undeniably American (she’s a One of her most exciting native of Kentucky) and she engagements will | be her jtmas Eve at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, formerlythe International,for a period of three weeks. Her ance there last winter shattered all Las Vegas attendance records for the month of December, and critics have acclaimed her “the song.’ Besides this, her recording Re has reached an all-time pee! If I remember correctly, her salary for former engagements atthe International in Las Vegas was $250,000for three weeks,It’s hard to believe that this once very poor girl, who slept on : couchin the dining reom of he home mostof herlife and walked the boards in New York for months only to be told she was too homely for sh-w business, ‘(Continued on Page 6) Tve never bad Gt 01 but the occasions have rare.” Crosby's f will mark his 36th Christmas sho ‘This will be followed at 7 p.m. $22,000 to begin with? The answers to these and other tantalizing questions are answered by six of the nation’s leading laugh masters in the special “The Comedians,” which is being presented on Channel 4 Wednesday at 9 p.m. With versatile comedian-actur-author Carl Reiner as host, the show features Tony Randall, Peggy Cass, Mel Brooks, Ron Carey and Don Adams, each of whom lends wit and whimsyto almost 60 minutes of fun and laughter. Love and moneyarethe subjects of the mirth and eachofthe funsters takes a poke at both with his ux her own brand ofpersonalhilarity. Tony Randall’s the man with sage advice for investors. Don Adamshas everyman’s solution to the problemsof paying the check, or any kind of bill for that matter. Ron Carey explains how you can be brokebutstill retain illusions of imperial splendor. And Peggy Cass and Mel Brooks, the “2,000 year-old man,’ * let everyone in on the secret of how money has affected their respective hair problems,oneto have it done and the other to have it removed. Thenot-to-be-believed discussions are punctuated by antics which almost cost Carl Reiner his celebrated toupee. The shc'v’s host later confided,“I’ve never worked with such a bunch of nuts in mylife. It was a madhouse, from start to finish.” wouldn't be honest to considers herself doubly blessed to have strong ties to two countries. “Ear! "s filled me with nostalgia,” she said. “It is set in the South, where I was born and grew up, and I kept thinking of people and remembering events that I though were long forgotten. “J found it surprisingly easy to oe back into southern speech patterns — surprising because I worked so hard getting rid of a accent years ago. It helped, of course,that I was surrounded by unreconstructed southerners on the set — our director, Fielder Cook, is from Georgia, Earl Hamner is a Virginian, and Edgar Bergen claims his parents emigrated from PATRICIA NEAL rather easily when she’s at home. “It becomes not so much an accentas the use of colloquial phrases,” Miss Neal first went to ind. to film “The Hasty Heart” and wasn’t favorably impressed, she recalls. “It was cold and damp and dreary and, of course,I didn't sift get to know the people. “Pye lived there for nearly 20 southern Sweden!” years now, andI love it, fo Asked about her lack of a the bucolic atmosphere, the British accent after 17 years slower pace,the feeling of living residence on the Isle, Miss Neal today within a framework of admitied that she slips into it tradition andhistory.” seem to enjoyit, me, butI'still think it’s waytoo early to assume the are all g into show business,” Bing using again to re- yo ‘The program takes its theme from the title song, which is a talent, it can be mighty yuletide favorite. In frustrating.” *THE COMINGOFCHRIST’ Critics have hailed ‘The Coming of Christ” variously as “masterpiece,”‘‘classic,”“one Kings their gifts. The boy has nogift — of television’s lasting acishments,” “one of the except a song. Four original songs by Maury soe remarhibl peice Laws and Jules Bass are in- to _—— on the nation’s TV cluded along with thetitle tune, written by Katherine Davis, am hh telling the story of the Henry Onorati and Harry Coming of Christ and his ay Simeone. ministry — with the Old Testament prophecies ‘EVEN A TALENTED SINGER forsale the cta COULD GET LOST IN THE ending with the Sermon CRUSH’ Mouat — epee “Kids starting off in show still-picturesbusiness today haveit a whole ;in-action technique that Ee to life some 300 masterpieces of yy during painting of the late Middle Ages preparation for his “Bing and the Renaissance — works Crosby and ae Sounds of my from 50 museums, and private collec“Just look at the quality of the churches, tions in a dozen countries. competition today: Diana Ross, Selected with an eye both to Tom Jones, Vikki Carr, John, realism and their Gary and the others,” Crosby reverential power,the paintings continued. “And look at the are the work of such artists as groups: the 5th Dimension, the Rembrandt, Raphael, Association, the Doodletown Valesquez, and Rogier van aer Pi Weyden. Pausing to puff on his evera present pipe, Crosby observed CHRISTMAS SHO' that there was not nearly so much competition when he Andy Williams, ns aman launched his own career some the Lennon Sisters celebrate mie GrasTheAdy four decades ago. “There were only a few of us Williams Christmas making records, and only a few Williams family members labels to make them for. If you joining in the seasonal festivities could strum a few notes on a are Claudine Longet (Mrs. banjo—ora ukulele -~ you were Williams) and their three children, daughter Noelle and in,” Eventhough competition may sons Christian and Robert Anhave been less severe, Crosby drew; Andy’s parents, Mr. and -admitted that he has ex- Mrs. Jay Williams; the other perienced his share of “flop Williams Brothers, Don, Dick and Bob, and the only Williams sweat.” “That's an actor's expression sister, Mrs. Jane Daniels. Also describing that sensation when featured are three visitors from you're a little apprehensive France, Claudine’s sister about how you’re doing during a Danielle and her two children, Frankie and Bruno. performance,”he ined. Highlights of Andy’: 10th “The palms get damp and the (Continued on Page 6) brow becomes fevered. It |