The British have such a dead-keen sense of humor that they will burst into laughter on hearing that Prince Philip likes to call his wife "Sausage." Perhaps desperate for relief, penny-wise BBC-TV spent $10,000 last week to import Mort Sahl for a single telecast. Treating him on arrival as if he were an uncommitted king, BBC trotted out 30 London TV and drama critics to hear Sahl at a press conference, including the Observer's Kenneth Tynan, who, in a red sport jacket, sat cross-legged on the floor at the comedian's feet, like an elegant retriever.
Wandering about town for a...
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