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And he was definitely a star — billed over the adults who played his parents and perennially put-upon neighbor Mr. Wilson, memorably played by the great Joseph Kearns.

“Today” ratings perennially shoot up in December after the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Plaza goes up.

Beckett is perennially timely because his works concern themselves with those eternal questions that the political emergencies of the day cannot override.

This isn’t the first time the show — perennially under pressure to trim its often bloated runtime — has dispensed with the original song performances.

In “The Delta Star,” an immense, perennially angry officer known as The Bad Czech chases down a petty thief in downtown L.A. and futilely tries to hang him from a fire escape.