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Osmond Brothers Enlist With Jerry Lewis ShowThe Osmond Brothers, natives of Ogden, have been signed by executive producer Bob Finkel as recurring regulars and as part of a new look on The Jerry Lewis Show” for its second season on Channel 2 starting next fall.The five brothers, who range in age from 10 to IS, will appear on nine of 26 colorcasts in the series next season, Finkel said.In other changes blue-printed for next fall, the executive producer said:1. Jerry will announce his guests stars’ acts;2. Jerry will have more to say and do with the performers outside the sketches;3. There will be more short vignetes and fewer long sketches;4. A special section of the show will be get aside fotr the 7-13 age group, whose numbers are expected to increase with the show’s new half-hour-earlier Tuesday evening in the 1968-d9 season.3.More opportunities willbe given guest-wise to more younger comedians of the Flip Wilson, George Carlin, Stiller and Meara vintage.The Osmond Brothers—Alan. Wayne, Merril, Jay and Donny (from oldest to youngest) — made their bow on the series last Jan. 39 as Jerry's Seoul troop. The boys were discovered at a Disneyland program five years ago by Andy Williams’ brother Jay and nurtured to fame on Andy’s TV series.Daily Herald 9MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1968UTAH COUNTY, UTA*
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Mon, Apr 22, 1968
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