Radio: Review of the Week

It was a big week for the comedians. Several of the old familiar faces and a few new ones tried just about anything and everything for a laugh.

The week's most stirring question—not finally answered—was: Would Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, who broke up their topnotch Show of Shows team last spring, do as well separately as they did together? With his own Caesar's Hour (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC), Sid began with a fine skit in a cafeteria, went on to a funny getting-dressed scene. But when Guest Star Gina Lollobrigida showed up, he switched from well-paced pantomime to goo-goo-eyed mugging that...

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