PARADE OF STARS GATHERS TO SALUTE BERLE'S BIRTHDAY.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer Celebrities spanning generations came to the Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. to help Milton Berle Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 - March 27, 2002) was an Emmy-winning American comedian who was born Milton Berlinger. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948-1955), he was the first major star of television. turn 90. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. anybody who's sharper and faster,'' said Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds (born February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in the original version of The Longest Yard, Bo 'Bandit' Darville in , as he followed the line of comics, actors and Hollywood legends through a corridor full of cameras and reporters. ``I hope he'll be around for another 100 years.'' Berle himself sauntered down the red carpet, one hand around the waist of his wife, Lorna, the other holding a lit cigar. ``I feel terrific,'' said the man known to many as ``Mr. Television'' and ``Uncle Miltie.'' ``It's wonderful to be here. It's wonderful to be anywhere,'' he said with a laugh. As the gala dinner party got under way, Berle cut a white chocolate white chocolate n. Cocoa butter combined with milk and a sweetener, often flavored with vanilla. Noun 1. white chocolate birthday cake topped with a chocolate television set with help from his friend Bob Hope. Asked earlier what it's like being 90, Berle provided a classic line: ``I feel like a 20-year-old, but there's not one around.'' Among the 360 guests at the party, which benefits the G&P Charitable Foundation for Cancer Research, was Berle's daughter Vicki Walton, 52. ``It's fabulous. He's the best,'' Walton said. ``He will never die. This man will go on forever. He deserves this. He earned this.'' Phyllis Diller agreed. ``He's really funny,'' she said. ``He's just a master of funny. His face, it's elastic.'' Like Diller, many of the veteran stars who attended the party had worked with Berle during his 85 years as an entertainer, and some said they've known him most of their lives. ``Milton and I are friends, and I just don't mean that in the show business sense,'' television pioneer Steve Allen said. ``He baby sat me when I was 2 years old, so it's always good to see him.'' Berle was born Milton Berlinger on July 12, 1908, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . As a child, he won a contest by impersonating Charlie Chaplin and was soon playing children's parts for Biograph and other studios. He made his New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of stage debut when he was 12 in ``Floradora.'' Berle practically dominated TV from 1948 to 1956, earning him the ``Mr. Television'' nickname. He was credited for making TV ownership skyrocket during that period. His loud, brash comedy, puns and outlandish costumes, which often included women's clothing, were all part of the act. Daily News wires services contributed to this report. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Outside the Friar's Club room named for him, TV legend Milton Berle, 90 today, hams it up July 1. Susan Sterner/Associated Press |
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