The New York Daily News’ Lisa Chase writes about Shari Lewis’ daughter’s Mallory’s new children’s DVD…

Childhood friend and former longtime CNBC host Liz Claman was thrilled to be a “test mom” for the DVD.

“My son Julian was the perfect age of 2 when he saw this,” the mother of two says. “People get hyper about kids watching TV, but if you restrict it without being frantic and crazy, it can be good.

“Instead of turning his brain into mush watching this DVD, Julian was walking up to the television and pointing at the answers when Mallory would ask, ‘Where is the bar of soap?’ For me to see that, I was thrilled.

“Of course it didn’t surprise me, to have someone like Mallory - who is brilliant and raised from her genius mother; it was a dream come true to see that as a mom.

“It was the best of Shari and the best of Mallory and my kid responded immediately, running up to the TV and talking to it, saying, ‘E, e, elbow!’

“Now he has the alphabet down and it’s helping him read more quickly. Even his 5-year-old sister, Gabrielle, found certain things compelling, like the counting, the humor and some of the phonics.”