THE COVER STORY
Petula's Special a Ball!
The star-studded roster for "Petula," an ABC-TV special which will air on Wednesday includes Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, David Frost and the Everly Brothers. After weeks of working together, here's what they had to say about one another and other subjects:
PETULA ON DEAN MARTIN:
"He's hilarious to work with. He always makes me laugh and we get almost hysterical! But we never know quite what will happen next. Our duets have a habit of finishing up with us falling all over the place, with pillow - fights and anything else that springs into his mind.
`It's just as well that I have worked with him so many times hecause I now know the Martin routine. You have to get used to it
`Everybody else rehearses, but there's no Dean. He comes in when he's finished play in golf! And when he's coming in depends on how the game has gone. Then he just runs through the scenes and numbers once, and that's all that's necessary. He doesn't need long rehearsal. And you know instinctively that his naturalness will make the show a success.