STEVERINO DILEMMA: Steve Allen is ready when...

STEVERINO DILEMMA: Steve Allen is ready when asked if he regrets giving up the “Tonight Show” in 1957 to concentrate on bumping off Ed Sullivan as Sunday night TV king: “We had maybe 35 million people watching us on Sundays, and it also paid five times as much money. What decision would you have made?” That’s the kind of thing he’ll discuss tonight at Rancho Santiago College in Santa Ana, where Allen will be honored in its annual tribute to TV classics (F3).