Chicago Tribune from Chicago, Illinois • 62

CRYSTAL LAKE I enjoy MOUNT PROSPECT You CHICAGO What's the big idea? I'm tired of all these recently said Jack Benny wasn't a tightwad. You're cracked! My father is a waiter, he wait The Rogues very much. Please tell me how Gig Young got his name. It is so unusual. J.

F. Gig was born Byron Barr in St. Cloud, Minn. His first big movie role was in "The Gay Irish names for TV programs: Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, Mc-Hale's Navy, Ensign O'Toole.

How about Dr. Hosowski or Von Sollbrig's Navy? Lois Plahetka. ed on Benny, and Benny didn't leave a tip. Mad. Thanks for the tip! QUINCY Is the man who plays the janitor on Wendy and Me show William Frawley? Your answer will settle a family dispute.

B. J. Sisters" with Barbara Stanwyck. Gig Young was the char- Well, you can always turn to Lawrence Welk, Jack Benny, Capt. Kangaroo, or even acter he portrayed and so many friends started calling him that, that he adopted it.

Huckleberry Hound. CHICAGO We enjoy Lee No, the janitor is J. Pat FOX LAKE I would like to know how Eydie Gorme got O'Malley. Frawley appears in Philip so much. Is her father My Three Sons.

EVANSTONWhat is the age of Robert Cummings of My Living Doll? Y. K. that way of spelling her name. D. O'B.

Her real name is Edith, but whenever she appeared in a show, it always came out Eddie on the program. So she invented Eydie to give it a more feminine spelling. Bob makes no secret of the fact that he is 54. SKOKIE Twould like to know if Lori March, who plays Valerie Ames in The Secret Storm is married. C.

D. TRAVERSE CITY What is Dwayne Hickman doing now that the Dobie Gillis series is over? I enjoyed him a lot. -S. E. Dwayne recently signed to co-star in the film, "The Ballad of Car Ballou," with Michael Callan and Jane Fonda.

He will play Callan's uncle. That's right, uncle! EVANSTON My mother is a Liberace fan, and we are arguing about what network show introduced him. I say it was Ed Sullivan's. She disagrees, but can't remember the name of the show. P.

C. The show your mother can't remember may surprise a lot of viewers. Liberace made his TV debut on Art Linkletter's House Party. FLINT I know James Fran-ciscus of Mr. Novak was in the Naked City series, but my husband says he was in another detective series.

Is he right? Mrs. K. J. He's right. Franciscus was in the short-livid.

The investigators, regarded by some as the worst whodunit TV series of all time. MICHIGAN CITY Don't you think listeners should be allowed equal time to answer TV commercials for their claims? When the commercial extols a spot remover, the listener should be allowed to tell how the stuff made another spot Or answer the claims of the used-car dealer and tell how the adhesive tape came off the crack in the rear axle. John Gleason We get a tension headache just thinking about it! SKOKIE IsiT true that Mia Farrow is Maureen O'Sullivan's daughter? Tell us everything about her, please. R. S.

Yes, Mia is Maureen's daughter. But we don't know much else about her. Her father was the late John Farrow, noted movie director. "Peyton Place" is her first real big show-biz break. HAMMOND I enjoy listening to Caterina Valente sing on TV.

In how many languages Miss March is married to the well-known actor and narrator can she sing? W. C. Caterina can sing in 12 lan guages: English, Dutch, French, Italian, German; Spanish, Portugese, Greek, Swedish, Japanese, Yiddish, and Flem ish. a florist or in the shoe business? B. J.

Lee's father and brother are florists. She has four uncles in the shoe business. ELMHURST Did Julie New-mar of My Living Doll play in either the stage or movie version of "Li'l Abner?" D. F. She played Stupefyin' Jones in both versions.

JANESVILLeT Wis. Why does Arlene Francis always wear that heart locket? Mrs. B. C. It contains a picture of her safety deposit box.

RACINE How much does Burl Ives weigh? I'll bet he is one of show business' heaviest. M. B. He can't be too far from the title. The most recent weight given for Burl is 285 pounds.

And this after losing 75 pounds CHICAGO lT it true that Joey Bishop was a professional boxer before he became an entertainer? O. M. Joey has been entertainer since his teens, but is handy with his fists. While in the army during World War 11, he was welterweight boxing champion of the 8th Service Command. He had no pro bouts.

CHICAGOWas that really Natalie Wood singing in the movie "West Side Story?" P. M. No. The voice was supplied by Marni Nixon, whose voice also subbed for Audrey Hepburn in the movie version of "My Fair Lady." Alexander Scourby, and they have a daughter, Alexandra. ROCKFORD Are Malcolm Thomas and Eileen Quinn of The Edge of Night related in real life? L.

K. They are man and wife. PARK RIDGE-Is it true that Charles Bronson is a full-blooded Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma? Alan J. No. Bronson is a full-blooded Pennsylvanian.

GARY Please tell me if Dorothy Malone who stars in Peyton Place was born in Indianapolis. How old is she? E. L. Miss Malone was born in Chicago, but grew up in Dallas. WILMETTE I saw Aldo Ray on a recent Bonanza episode, and friends tell me it was an old show because Mr.

Ray died some years ago. I don't believe them. C. G. You better not believe them.

That show was not an old one. EVANSTON Why did change the name of The Nurses to The Doctors and the Nurses? V.K. The producers decided the doctors deserved a break in the title. Now, will The Doctors series change its name to The Nurses and the Doctors? ROCK ISLAND How old is Ed Wynn, and how many years has he been in show business? A Fan The Perfect Fool is in perfect health, except for a touch of deafness, at the age of 78. He has been performing for 61 years.

CHICAGO a Virginia Graham of WGN's Girl Talk really in the movie "The Carpetbaggers," or am I being kidded? I saw the picture, but and Aldo is quite alive. HOMEWOOD I have heard that Dean Martin and Perry Como are brothers and that Dean and Tony Martin are re lated. Is this true? C. F. Published at Tribune Tower 435 N.

Michigan Chicago 00611 November 7-13, 1964 CHICAGO STATIONS WGM-TV 2501 Bradley pi. 2 WIIM-TV (CBS) 630 McClurg et. WMAO (NBC) Merchandise Mart 7 WIKI (ABC) 190 N. State it. Dean Martin and Perry are not related, and the same goes for Dean and Tony.

The only thing the two Martins have in not her. K. G. II WTTW 1761 E. Museum dr.

You weren't paying close attention. She appeared in the 2 WCIU Board of Trade Bldq. common is their names, and neither was born a Martin. "There goes that health nut who lives down the hall." film a full five seconds. '1864: By The Chicago Tribune) Chicago Tribune TV WEEK.