European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                -1 full if "1 Page 16 comic s comic says Public feared losing relative the stars and stripes monday july 27, 1959 red Skelton dates popularity from near death by Vernon Scott the word they invariably use is now. And audiences hav or non in in. A a. By Vernon Scot Las vegas Nev. Up if a vote were taken among the nation s comedians As to who is  per former in show Biz red Skelton would win in a walk., red s popular Ity with audiences is topped Only by the High regard of his Fel Low comedians. Jack Benny Bob Hope George i Burns Groucho Skelton Marx and other professionals All agree the redhead is the Best and the  Skellon is proving his magnetism nightly at the Riviera hotel where he packs in 700 customers for each of his two performances. On open ing night he was cheered for 15 minutes and was forced to length in his show by 90  red shaking his head happily had an explanation for the tremendous surge in his popularity. I think it began two years ago when i almost died of asthma he said. Then it occurred to me that i was More than just another com Edian to most people. And i under stood Why. I be been coming into the nation s Homes for 10 years now and audiences have begun to think of me As part of the family. When i was near death it was As if they were losing a relative. Heck i  trying for immortality. I m working for a living and doing the Best i m Able. About this greatness1 pm called a great Clown not a comedian arid there s a difference. A Clown is More diversified. He makes people laugh through sadness As Muchas  most comedians stick with one Type of performance but red mixes pantomime stand up jokes sketches Folk songs and concludes with a dramatic bit about an old Veteran watching a Parade go by. Red resents comparisons. With the great Clown Maurice 70, ties zest to love of told Allas a Maurice Cheval Ier credits his youth and zest at the age of 70 to love love of work that is not amour. The Frenchman made the com while Here for his one Man show an eve Ning with Maur ice Chevalier which is having a two week run at the state fair music Hall. A male reporter asked Cheval Ier who will be 71 in september for tips on hand Chevalier is women a Man of 71 has no advice to give on handling women he said adding that if you appreciate the Beauty and War Mth and gentleness of a woman you won t need to ask  Chevalier s affability was ruffled Only momentarily when a news Man asked whether the movie Gigi had Given his career a needed boost. Well the parisian said " gigi1 gave me a kind of new jump but you know i never have been out of a  doodles by Roger Price the Wagner and the Patch Charlie Chaplin of another Era. He was a great silent picture Star 1 red says tersely. I Don t like the comparison. And there s no Point in analysing Why people laugh. You Ca n go nutty trying to figure that out. I have ,600 set routines i in Call Pri and i guess most of them Are funny. They make people laugh. But truthfully i m always surprised i when people laugh at what i do surprised and pleased. Must be loved i realize i m popular with the Public and i think it s because people must like a comic both on and off stage if he is going to be successful. It s different with an actor. They can be hated in one role and loved in another. Comedi ans and clowns must be loved  red literally was a Clown in his younger Days travelling with a Cir Cus. It was during those Days that he Learned Many of his routines. Bardot sister rejects first us. Film bid Hollywood a Brigitte Bardot s younger sister Jias turned Down what would have been her first american film role lifter Reading the script., a u n i v e r s a 1 studio spokesman said Mijano bar Dot cabled from Paris refusing the role of a Secre tary to the Devil Mickey Rooney in the private lives of Adam and  both the role Are too Small the Mijano and costume studio quoted her As saying. She previously had accepted the. Role offered by producers Al Zug Smith and red doff but then asked to read the script. Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Frank Sinatra wearing a Patch Over an Eye injured during filming of a Battle scene helps Natalie Wood and her husband Robert Wagner celebrate the actress 21st birthday and 17th anniversary of her screen debut. 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