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...York was severely hampered by the absence of center and captain Willis Reed. Without Reed, Celtic center Dave Cowens and sidekick Silas completely dominated the backboards at both ends of the court. Silas finished the night with 18 points while Cowens chipped in with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Streaking Celtics Overpower Fast Fading Knicks, 119-97 | 12/6/1973 | See Source »

Hawkins (CBS) is James Stewart in the guise of an ol' country lawyer who likes to let on that "moral dilemmas give me gas." Along with his sidekick and cousin, nicely played by Strother Martin, he squared off in earlier episodes against big-city decadence (the season opener featured a gay apartment house, an alcoholic actress and an attempted rape of a Lolita-like minor). But in next month's installment the pair will really get to shuck the corn. They will return to Jim my's home town in West Virginia to defend a man accused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The New Recruits: Old Faces & Tricks | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

...shade more unbelievable than its slight-of-wit plots. In one recent episode, Bixby rescued a kidnaped blonde nightclub singer whose will to live he had once (sob!) magically restored after she had been scarred in a fire-aided, of course, by the deductive wizardry of his "paraplegic genius" sidekick. Another episode began with Bixby in love with a sweet young thing who turned out to be masquerading under a fake identity with the help of the Government because she once fingered a mobster. Actor Bixby is surely worthy of better things than a soulful love scene with lines like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Viewpoints | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

Kickoff return leader Dart is back this year, but sidekick Rod Foster is gone. Dart averaged 18.4 yards per return but is not fast enough to break the long return consistently. Restic will have to find someone to pair with Dart. Generally speaking, KICK RETURNING seems GOOD, BUT BASIC...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Resticball: Wondering What's It All Mean, Joe? | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...Affair, performs the title role quite well, technically speaking. Yet he never completely convinces the viewer that he really is the mischievous character that Twain described. In fact, on the contrary, Whittaker's Sawyer is a rather cocky and not always likeable fellow. Jeff East, however, portraying Tom's sidekick Huckleberry Finn, does a much more admirable job of presenting an image of the slightly reckless, adventure-loving boy of whom Twain wrote...

Author: By David Blomquist, | Title: A Family Affair | 8/10/1973 | See Source »

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