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ON THE BROADWAY SCENE By Bun Boy ar NEW YORK, N. Y., June 1 The CE-LEBRIGADE: Milton Berle and Jack E. Leonard heckling each other at Lindys till Berle wearied and they called hVquips R. Brazzi cancelling off the Steve Allen show because of a delay in the "S. Pacific" filming . . . Young John Kerr being persuaded to play Lieut. Cable in that film for ,000 a week . . . Richard Ave-don, the photo Renoir, shooting a brassiere ad at The Little Studio are gallery . . . Marilyn Monroe shopping around at Bergdorfs costume-foolery counter . . . Stephen "Douglas of "Damn Yankees" letting the cast and crew borrow from his 300 book dressing-room library . . . Fernando Lamas hamburgering at Downeys the poor mans Sardis and tuning into the out-of-work actors sour-grapevine. UPTOWN: We visited the Baby Grand in Harlem. It was our first time there. We arrived late and missed most of the last show. Master of Ceremonies Nipsey Russell was discussing a pair of girls hed recently dated who were from the deep South. "And being from the deep South," he explained, "they were full of bias. Buy us this and buy us that." He .continued, "One of them talked with such a slow drawl that before she could say Im not that kind of a girl she was!" Its low-comedy, but high entertainment. Although we missed the formal show it seems that the Baby Grands standard practice is to call entertainers from the audience to come onstage and belt out a few. And, they really do. Linda Hopkins was one who seems like a tremendous talent,- and. another semi-unknown, Nellie Hill knocked the audience on its ear. Better than many prepared shows we have covered. Its very informal and a lot of fun. A minimum during the Veek, and three shows a night. They recommend you avoid week ends. Too crowded. AAA THE ENGLISH SLANGUAGE: In just a few years the trend has gone from speaking English to the rock n rollers version of Swinglish. Now, the latter has been re- placed by Calypso talk. A simple statement like "Im in a dilemma" was rock n rolld, "Im hung up, man" and is now Calypsod ""Im in a mooch." "Youre not using your head" was "Youre flippin your wig" and is now, "Youre turning the old mask." "Keep away from trouble" has evolved to "Nb frenzied bits, man" to, "Brakes, man, the brakes." AAA THE QUOTEBOOK: Baritone David Atkinsons surefire divorce plan: "If your wife reads detective stories write the murderers name on page two" .-. . Furrier Milton Hermans advice to a model on how to prevent her boy-friend from buying her foolish, extra vagant presents: "Marry him" . . . Will Jordans thought: "Its beginning to look like the Russians did us the most harm by inventing vodka" . . . Air Career School Dean Grace Downs comments on modern youth: "Do you realize theres an entire generation that doesnt remember when there was no television?" and, "How times change. Todays kids still play spin the bottle, but its 100 proof" . . . Overheard at Morocco: "One more drink and hell pick up the -check."
