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Showcase had reason to be pleased with the success, and was. "This boy Shakespeare is a real comer," said Producer Mort Abrahams. "I'm going...
...suite for Pelleas et Melisande, Opus 80. Faure was unsurpassed in the combination of subtle harmonies and delicate colorings; and the four movements of this suite contain some of his most exquisite writing, such as the shimmering muted violins in "La Fileuse" and the tinges of modal harmony in "Mort de Melisande." Everything here is achieved through understatement, through minute shadings within a restrained gamut. The resulting "parfum imperissable," to borrow the title of one of Faure's songs, is perfectly suited to the evocative gentleness of Maeterlinck's great Symbolist play; it is, if I may indulge in oxymoron...
...spotlight then smiled and introduced Mort Sahl, "The world's only working philosopher...
...Mort made his way through the tables and on to the stage, his crimson, V-necked sweater glistening in the light. He wore an unbuttoned, button-down shirt, a few hairs showing at the opening near his throat. He was from California...
...audience liked Mort. Those who didn't find him funny found him interesting. Mort is a young man, intensely serious, very sensitive, and able to laugh at himself and the world. No mean feat...