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Aria da Capo (literal translation: song from the top of the head.) by Edna St. Vincent Millary trifles elegantly around the theme of deceit--and so succeeds in shocking. Peopled by the likes of the menacing Colthurnus (David Palmer) the phantom prompter of the play-within-the-play and the stock, intuitively and irrepressibly daft Pierrot and Columbine figures, played by Jeffrey Blum and Lorraine James, of the play-without-the-play, the production seemed to slow down irreparably midway through. But Dean Ahmed, directing, manages to frame an unexpected climax to end the play on a note of crotchety...
...person who is required to play strictly second banana is Ed McMahon, 44, who serves as straight man and prompter as well as announcer. For example, when Carson got caught in a dangling conversation and extricated himself with a cliché, "The grass is always greener," McMahon chimed in: "Could I write that down...
Tense Spaghetti. With more than a hint of envy, a writer of another series observes: "Dean does everything he shouldn't do, but on him it's funny." He squints blatantly at the prompter cards, purposely blows lines. He ignores taboos to snigger at his own gags, bravo his own songs. "This kid's come a long way," he says of himself. "I'd have him back, but he's too expensive." Week after week, he repeats the same business: lobbing a cigarette butt into the air like a grenade, then holding his ears...
...President then took off for his Los Angeles meeting with Hubert Humphrey. When Johnson landed, Humphrey was ushered aboard the plane for an hour-long briefing. Afterward, faithful "Mother"-Johnson's electronic podium with built-in prompter screens- was trundled into a nearby hangar so that the President could read a statement to newsmen. "The road ahead may be long and difficult," he said, "but we shall fight the battle against aggression in Viet Nam; we shall fight the battle for social construction; and throughout the world, we shall fight the battle for peace. And we shall prevail...
...Weaver as Secretary of the new Housing and Urban Devel opment agency, the President swore in his first Negro Cabinet member in a grandiose East Room ceremony illuminated for TV's benefit by 27 spotlights. Johnson used a huge new electronic lectern with hidden microphones and retractable prompter screens that newsmen dubbed "Mother." (One correspondent asked if it could cook Lyndon's breakfast.) When Weaver had been duly anointed, Johnson produced a surprise by announcing that Lincoln Gordon, 52, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil since 1961, would succeed Peace Corps Director Vaughn as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter...