Television: The Canadian Caperers

Cynics have long contended that Variety-Showman Ed Sullivan is superfluous on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. Last week Sullivan was off at the Brussels Fair, and his substitute M.C., back in the U.S., had two heads and was called Wayne and Shuster. They came close to proving the cynics' point.

As hilarious as Sullivan is lugubrious, and as sparkling as Ed is post-effervescent, Canadian Comics Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster are everything that "The Great Stone Face" is not. Well aware of their talents, Impresario Sullivan has signed them up for at least 20 intermittent appearances over the next year.

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