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Whether in the pro ring or on the Harvard mat, wrestlers engage in their own version of physical combat. What ultimately distinguishes the genuine from the absurd is that while Stan "Heart-punch" Staziak bloodies the ring with his ludicrous antics, the Crimson wrestlers use their mat as if it were a canvas, worthy of easel and brush...
...danced through hit Broadway shows for a dozen years before Adele's marriage to an English lord, but to a movie mogul their stage success could be attributed to snob appeal and second-balcony myopia. In close-up Fred looked-and, in moments of earthbound repose, acted-like Stan Laurel. Thus the famous pronouncement on Astaire's first screen test...
...Stan Strickland--the Western Front...
...Stan Strickland--the Western Front...
...Best of the West, ABC is making another error by invoking yet again the "gang comedy" spirit of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels, producers of Moore's show, Taxi and The Associates, should know by now that the basic format-a bland central character surrounded by screwballs -works only when the star has a patient and loyal following, as Moore did. Even with the best of casting, the TV audience hardly needs another gang comedy, certainly not a spoof western. Satire, like sacrilege, derives its impact from audience belief in the significance of what...