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Calhoun helps Lily convince a young Sunday on “Long Shot” lad that the life of a scientist is more exciting and rewarding than the life of a cowboy. A Macabre Comic Rhapsody Songs and dances of many lands with Jan Rubes, Ivan Romanoff and —Jonathan Winters his chorus and orchestra, and guest artists. This week—music and dances Comedian Jonathan Winters is listen to a comic and not recognize from Spain. This week’s guests are special guest this Sunday night on a single word or situation that has, dancer Ray Moller, Carmen Cortez, Long Shot, the new program of been presented here before.” and Rrydon Paige; singer Isabelita comedy and comment which Close- Alonson; Spanish flamenco singer Up’s Ross McLean produces. Amelia Perez, and flamenco guitarist This is Winters’ first appear- Synge’s “Playboy” Juan Garcia de la Mata. Eric Till, TV producer. From Toronto. ance since his recent breakdown On Playhouse U.K. in health. habit Ed Sullivan Show Jonathan Winter’s The Playboy the Western of mimicry was with him from his of Tonight’s was filmed World, by the famous Irish author program in early childhood in Ohio. Italy, and includes highlights Gian- Dayton, Synge, will be seen on Play- of constantly imitated his family John Carlo Menotti’s “Festival of Two He house U.K., this Sunday The and carried the habit with night. Worlds,” currently in progress there. visitors play, produced by Granada him the TV, Guests include actor John Geilgud (in into Marines (with whom stars a hitherto little-known Irish Shakespeare’s “Ages of Man”), the he saw action in the Pacific), imi- Louis Armstrong Band (without Arm- tating the brass. "PLAYBOY"CANCELLED strong), contralto Eileen Farrell, After the war he enrolled in the As we went to press it was learned that the sound track and general film dancers Nora Kaye and Scott Douglas Dayton Art Institute where he quality of “Playboy of the Western World" was too poor for presentation. in a “Romeo and Juliet” excerpt, trained in cartoon drawing, and Scheduled Italy’s in its place will be “The singer Omelle Vavone, and also got married. When a local Cage,” a murder mystery by Ken Hoare Walton’s Puppets. The pro- —the story of a man, his wife, and their famous show took in town, pretty maid. This was produced excerpt amateur place in Eng- gram will also include an Winters’ wife suggested he land by ABC. from Jerome Robbins’ “Ballet U.S.A.” enter—- and John Butler’s modem dance, and win the woman’s watch that girl, the 28-year-old Sligo-born “Five Senses.” came as first prize. He did just O’Hara, along with an all- job Joan World’s Stage that. This led to a as disc Irish cast of 12. jockey with a local radio station. True series by Today, The Playboy of the West- drama introduced He included interviews the pro- Dr. Frank Baxter. This week—“Here in ern World is recognized as a classic to Lies Francois’ Gold,” When a crook gram, and when he had no one of the Irish theatre. But when it is drafted into the French army in interview he went ahead and inter- was first seen in Dublin in 1907, 1939, he finds a secret tunnel leading viewed himself, changing his voice its reception gave no hint of its to the vaults of the Bank of France as needed. That led to his TV great future. For on its opening and decides to help himself to some debut as an announcer, a job to night at the Abbey Dub- there. Theatre, of the gold which is stored which he brought his own odd lin, it was greeted with boos, his- Playhouse U.K. sense of humour. Then came New ses and jeers. And at the second York, no success in TV but spots This Playboy of the West- performance police had to be called week—“ at clubs like the Blue ern World,” a Granada production of night Angel in to prevent a riot. J.M. Synge’s high comedy, with an and Le Ruban Bleu. This finally Why? Even the critics had dif- all-Irish cast of 12 directed by Clif- took him onto the Jack Paar Show ferent opinions. Synge used the ford Owen. The play is about Christy where he was a hit. word “bloody” in the Mahon, a lad who thinks he has Today, The Garry Moore Show, years before G. B. Shaw—and some killed and his “da” (father) finds the Steve Allen Show and many said this was partly the reason. himself hailed as a hero in the small others followed. Winters’ humour thought that the theme of Mayo community which takes him Others is perhaps unique on TV since it the play itself was to blame. There in on his flight from home. The ar- has a macabre quality. It also has very much were objections that it libelled the rival of old Mahon, still a quality of freshness; as one critic alive, leads to a rich variety of comic Irish character. Yet others claimed said, “It is unusual when you can episodes in which Christy’s second that paid agitators had been attack on his father points the moral planted in the audience to cause a Long that “a strange man is a marvel, with Shot disturbance, for political reasons. his mighty talk” but that “there’s a A program of talk, comedy and produced Synge himself merely described great gap between a gallous story satire, by Ross McLean. “Playboy” as “a piece of life.” and a dirty deed.” (See story this This week’s guest is comedian Jon- page). athan Winters. (See story above). When he was asked what purpose in the with CAST Weekend in Sports he had writing play, Donal Donnelly Christy Mahon With Steve Douglas. From Toronto. its strange young “hero” who Joan O’Hara Pegeen Flaherty to Joseph Tomelty Michael Flaherty Royal Visit Review claims have murdered his father, Anna Manahan Widow Quin Lament Tilden presents highlights Synge replied: “None. I pleased and Tony Quinn, Patrick AcAlinney and Harry Towb. of royal tour activities on film. myself in writing it.”