Word: scripting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crosby is outstanding because his highly literate humour makes the sitting duck a worthwhile prey. Pleasing the victims of radio and T.V. with far more than the public expression of their private irritation, Crosby budgeons the asinine with genuine artistry. He attacks script cliches with quiet exasperation, and the patently foolish with deadly understatement. The charm of Crosby's style is that you never feel the reins of his restraint. With no pretense of detachment, his approach is utterly personal. Amusement, annoyance, and occasionally wrath all find expression in a relaxed conversational tone. With this combination of wit and ease...
Introduced by the show's original announcer Bill Hay (who came out of retirement for the occasion), they brought back a few such famous characters as Lillian ("Madame Queen") Randolph and Elinor ("Ruby") Harriet, and recalled some favorite milestones from their script life: Madame Queen's breach of promise suit against Andy (". . . We was engaged 147 times in one year . . . an' it woulda been more dan dat if we'd been goin' steady"); Andy's first meeting with Kingfish- played by Gosden (Andy: "Say, scusee me for protrudin', stranger...
...something Noel Coward might have written in prep school, while a second skit relies on that hoary staple of a dozen revues--the parody of famous playwrights' styles. Even the spectacle of Miss Davis as a hillbilly crone and a lethargic slattern in gym shoes can't offset a script which comes up with a little horror like Flying Saucers, featuring a trio of spacemen (Meissen, Delit, and Spode) wearing tea cups...
Reportedly, Joshua Logan and other play-doctors are labouring to quicken the pulse of the show. While there is promise in the announcement that Paul Hartman will ringmaster the revue in New York, a major operation on the script is necessary if more than curious interest in Miss Davis is to sustain Two's Company on Broadway...
...first time ever the script and music for "Drumbeats and Song," 'Cliffe's annual Grant-in-Aid Fund production, will be chosen through a competition, Director Gwen Brigham '53 announced last night...