luck telegram from  Elvis Presley (qv). (It turned out later that his manager  Colonel Tom Parker (qv) had sent the telegram as a publicity move,  and Elvis knew nothing about it.) Also appearing on that nights  program were another young English performer making his American TV  debut, Davy Jones (I) (qv), having recently played the Artful  Dodger in "Oliver!" on Broadway (before he was to become a pop star  with _"Monkees, The" (1966)_ (qv)) and American actor/impressionist  Frank Gorshin (qv), best remembered as The Riddler from  _"Batman" (1966)_ (qv).