Evening star. [volume], November 18, 1956, Page 2, Image 141

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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IT WAS LIKE THIS, SON—George Oobel, the NBC-TV comic (Saturday, 10 p.m.,
WRC—4), dons Pilgrim garb to snow son Oregg how a man used to shop for the
traditional Thanksgiving fare.
ContiiiMd From Preceding Pege
didn’t change abruptly as It does with most
boys.
“It just dropped a little at a time, getting
lower and lower,” he told me.
“What are you now?" I asked.
He thought for a moment.
“I guess there’s no name for it,” he laughed.
“Baritone, I guess.”
A Logical Choice
Jimmy s selection to play Huck seems a
logical one. Certainly his stage, presence, sing
ing ability and tnass of freckles earnestly rec
ommended him.
“Ever count the freckles?" I asked.
“I think I’m one big freckle all over,” he
replied.
He hasn’t quite finished reading either
“Tom Sawyer” or “Huckleberry Finn,” he ad
mitted, but he has read the script and likes it
very much.
“It’s like reliving my life,” he said. “I was
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born in McComb, Miss., and I sort of lived that
life. It’s easy for me.”
McComb. by the way, is Just about 80 miles
from the birthplace of Mississippi’s other famous
young son whom Jimmy admires.
“I’m a rock and roll fan now,” he said,
“and would sure like to meet Elvis now.”
You might surmise this from the titles of
the songs Jimmy has just recorded for Columbia,
“Little Dog” and “Crazy Mixed Up Blues.”
“How about the future?” I asked. “Going
to college?”
“It’s show business for me,” he said. "You
can’t do both at the same time.”
Advice to the Young
This may come as a bulletin to Pat Boone,
who is combining both famously, but maybe
Jimmy will change his mind about this. I
don’t think so, though.
When I solicited some advice for other
teen-agers hoping to become singers or per
formers, the now 17-year-old youth’s reply
came quickly:
“Be yourself and believe in God.”
THi SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C