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TUCSON, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1974 SECTION E- PAGE NINE THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR Comic's Laugh May Hide a Tear Reflections Of An Opulent Era NEW YORK After inten- sive Interviews and testing of 55 nationally known comics including nearly all of the biggest names in the business a New York clinical psychologist, who, while a student, worked as a song and dance man on the Catskills borscht circuit, has concluded what most of us have long felt, that the vast majority of funny men are sad men. When off stage, most comedians, he has found, are severely depressed, anxious and fearful. Making jokes is their way of defending against what they see as a hostile and inhumane world. And the laughter and love of the audience is what keeps them going. "There are numerous indications," said Dr.

Samuel S. Janus. "That many of our top comedians, if one listens to By TOM RISTE Star Television Writer American television viewers were introduced this past season to life in the Edwardian age in "Upstairs, Downstairs," the comedy-drama series about an elegant London family of the period and its below-stairs servants. Now, thanks to a grant from Mobil Oil you'll learn more about the period in a special summer series of Masterpiece Theatre presentations entitled "The Ed-wardians" that will begin Sunday, July 7, on Channel 6. Seldom does a single person leave such a solid imprint on history that an entire period is known by his name.

One such person was England's Queen Victoria, for whom the Victorian age is known. Another was her son, King their routines, are really crying out loud." Among the comments Janus has gathered is that of Abe Burrows, who said, "The comedian must practice, his comedy in order to avoid destroying himself." Jack Carter, known as one the most sarcastic of comedians says, "The funny part, the laughter, is given to the audience, but the comedian is left with the bitter dregs." Janus, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College, said his findings show that comedians, as a whole, have come from lower-class backgrounds and struggled against a world what they felt never understood them. All were above average in intelligence, with the average IQ being 138. Many experienced severe psychological trauma in childhood. For example, Tommie Smother's father died when he was 10 years old, and young Tommie had to look after his ailing other and younger brother, Dickie.

Jan Murray lost her father, mother and only brother all in the space of two months. "Life always seemed to the comics to present situations in which they were misunderstood, and picked on, or belittled," Janus said. In many cases, they make jokes about things against which they feel powerless. Janus said that although the remarks may be clever and humorless, they often actually voice a deeply felt rage. Most comedians find it possible to cope with the world knew their place and seldom ever climbed out of it.

Edward himself aided one notable exception, when he accepted an invitation to join Sir Thomas Lipton, a homeless messenger boy who was to amass a fortune from a chain of grocery stores, aboard his yacht Lipton, said Priestley, "crashed the class barrier with a bang that was heard in Germany, for the Kaiser sneered, 'My uncle has gone boating with his Edward also numbered among his closest cronies members of England's wealthy Jewish community, something unheard of until that time. Sir Ernest Cassel and the Rothschilds helped guide the king's investments, making it possible for him to live as affluently as he desired. Edward was known for his prodigious appetite for both good food and attractive women. Among those who shared his bed and board were the lovely Lillie Langtry, the Countess of Warwick and Mrs. Alice Keppel.

Queen Alexandra, to whom Edward remained true in his fashion, eventually resigned herself to his many affairs, assuming it was "the way men in his station behaved." only by converting their rage into verbal assault and receiving approval from an audience for doing so, the study showed. "They need that relationship with the audience," Janus said. "If somebody heckles or walks out, they may joke about it, but down deep inside they're crushed. Somebody didn't love them." "No matter how famous any of our subjects were," Janus said, "and no matter how long in the limelight, there was a terror, as one put it that, 'Today I'm on top, but tomorrow I may be a bum." All -of the SS comedians Janus studied were earning incomes of six to seven figures and had been in the business for an averageof 25 years. There were 51 men and four women.

Although the average age was 46, the range included -many of the older comedians who started in vaudeville and radio. Janus said a large proportion of the comics he studied were Jewish, and he repeatedly asked his subjects whether their religion had anything to do with their going into comedy. "At first they all denied it," Janus said. "But then they admitted it did. They said things like: 'Jews have always suffered.

Jews had to learn to express their anger through words, through the "While a lot of these people have deep problems, they're not really sickies," Janus said. "They're really very sweet, sensitive guys. Most of them are very stable people, good family men. The divorce rate is lower than that in show business as a whole." Make Dad feel like a King on his day by treating him to delicious fried chicken from Lucky Wishbone. Happy Day! Edward VII, whose brief reign (1901-1910) was marked by the opulence and splendor of Britain's upper classes that came to be known as the Edwardian era.

A five-letter word class colored life in Edwardian times, according to author J. B. Priestley. The Edwardians were obsessed by it, and probably no single person embodied the cult more than Edward himself. Restricted publicly, if not privately, to the Puritanism of Queen Victoria until he was well into middle age, Edward ascended the throne in 1901 as a stout, bearded playboy.

Almost immediately he, his court and others of England's upper classes asserted a frenzied, flamboyant freedom. Described as a person of radiant charm with a winning smile, Edward, according to a lady friend (and he had dozens of them), "seemed to be the happiest man in the world." A sportsman, practical joker, "professional lover," as well as a loving family man, he devoted considerable time and effort to alleviate the abject poverty of England's working classes, but this seldom interfered with his enjoyment of life. Working classes, it was said, Locations Today's mmmmgmmmmmwm Life among the Edwardian upper classes was summed up by Mrs. Pat Campbell, the noted actress of the period. "You can do anything you please here in London," she said, "so long as you don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses." Or, as British historian Sir Harold Nicolson described the Edwardians: "The idea that intelligence could be of the slightest value never occurred to them.

They were vulgar and lacking in style." Those whose stories will be told beginning July 7 include David Lloyd George, the first commoner elected to the British cabinet; Marie Lloyd, the British music hall queen; automotive designers Rolls and Royce, and Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Instant-Dancing All you need are your feet. TUCSON, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1974 Horizon Corporation Presents Classical Horizons Sunday Concert On KCEE FM Stereo 96.1 7-10 pjn. Symphony No. 2 in Minor Symphony No.

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When it comes to the buck, Money Magazine for May points out the dollar's value has risen again over here and that the rise offsets the local inflation in all countries except Spain and Portugal. (Even so, Spain and Portugal are two of the best travel buys on the continent.) The magazine also says experts expect the dollar to remain strong during 1974. Just how well the dollar has recovered can be told with a couple of examples, to wit: last July in France your dollar got you 3.90 francs. Right now it will get you 4.83 francs. You can get 59.14 Spanish pesetas lieht now.

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(Repeat) MOVIE "Man's Favorite Sport?" a 1964 comedy starring Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. A fishing authority who has never touched a rod and reel is forced into an angling tournament. (2 30 min.) 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY MYSTERY MOVIE "The Solid Gold Swingers." starring Dennis Weaver as Marshal McCloud After linding a dead girl on an apartment balcony, McCloud is left with egg on his lace when Chief Clifford arrives with squads of police cars and the body is missing. (Repeat: 2 hrs) I MASTERPIECE THEATRE "Upstairs, Downstairs" A sudden financial crisis threatens the Bellamys and their staff, but Julius Kare-kin, Elizabeth's lover, comes to the rescue.

(Repeat) CD MOVIE "The Last Hurrah." a 1958 drama starring Spencer Tracy, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Buen, Basil Rathbone, Jeffrey Hunter, Donald Crisp and others. Edwin O'Connor's story of an old-style political boss seeking re-election as mayor. Well-acted, good script, grand entertainment and a piece of Americana. (2 hrs.) hrs.) CD MANNIX Anne Baxter guest stars as an actress recovering Irom mental illness who is either marked for murder or imagining it. (Repeat) 9:00 P.M.

FIRING LINE Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark discusses amnesty for deserters and draft evaders with host William F. Buckley, Jr. (60 min.) CD BARNABY JONES George Maharis.and Albert Salmi guest star as smugglers who turn to murder. (Repeat) 10:00 P.M. OCD NEWS ABC NEWS Special half-hour- providing an update report on the President's arrival in Jerusalem and overall events of the trip.

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JIM FERGUSON SHOW Scheduled guests to be Dr. Doug Pritchard, Director of the UA Chorus: jazz vibist Cal Tjader; actors from the Comedy Dinner Theater show "Fiddler on the Roof," Marty Benton, Francesca Jarvis. Brazilian singer Joao Santos: from "Disney on Parade" Mickey Mouse. Maggie Jones and Sheldon Ginoerich. 11:00 P.M.

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WORLD OF DISNEY Conclusion of "For the Love of Wil-ladean," starring Ed Wynn, Michael McGreevey, Roger Mobley and Billy Mumy. Two boys, vying lor the affections of a country girl, learn their lesson in honesty from a lovable old vagabond (60 min.) THE F.B.I. Alter the robbery of a race track, inspector Erskine poses as a head cashier, Ed Benson, Implicated in the crime, to trap the bandits. (Repeat: 60 min.) 5:00 P.M. SPECIAL "The Lion and Androcles" A comic opera by John Eaton retelling a Greek fable with a cast of 75 fourth graders and their pets.

CD UNTAMED WORLD Story of how the Eskimo has remained unique In his ability to survive the cold and hostile environment of the Arctic. 5:30 P.M. WILD KINGDOM MOVIE "Five Branded Women." a 1960 drama starring Van Heflin, Silvana Mangano, Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes, Richard Basehart and others. Five disgraced women join Resistance forces to regain their honor in war-torn Europe. (Repeat: 2 hrs.) CD WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS Sunday Evening 6:00 P.M.

DAKTARI ZOOM A variety show dances and songs for the pre-teens. CD SPANISH MOVIE "Abuelo" a 1972 made-ln- Spain comedy dealing with a lovable old-timer who leaves his small village to help his three daughters untangle the problems of big city living with his own special brand of advice. (2 hrs.) CD DIRTY SALLY Sally is asked by a "minister" to deliver a confession to his congregation that he was never really ordained. (Repeat) 6:30 P.M. NOVA Whales, Dolphins and Men" Scientists all over the world are studying whales and dolphins hoping to solve some of the mysteries of man and his environment.

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French horn, is joined by violinist George Orner and By JOHN JUSTIN SMITH 1974 Ckicag Daily News BARCELONA If you've cast aside plans to see Europe this summer because of the dollar situation, maybe you ought to re-think the whole thing. The value of the dollar is up on the European side of the Atlantic and tourism is down. All this adds up to one thing: no matter what you've heard or read, this may be a good year to see Europe. For one thing, you won't be bumping into so many tourists. The U.S.

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