Word: actor-comedian
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...make a go of independence and then trying to break back into the league from which they have been summarily shut out by the owners. For social significance, the movie includes a player who functions as a sort of Jackie Robinson surrogate. For contrast there is Richard Pryor, an actor-comedian of buckshot brilliance. Pryor calculates every line and gesture for small, explosive effect, and his aim stays true. He shows up here as Charlie Snow, a third baseman who hopes to break into big-league ball by passing himself off as a Cuban...
...started in the cheap seats at New York City's Ebbets Field watching the old Brooklyn Dodgers. When the team moved to Los Angeles, Actor-Comedian Danny Kaye went to the box seats and became one of the staunchest rooters in Chavez Ravine. But come spring, Kaye, 63, will be doing his cheering in Seattle, where he and five local businessmen have just bought the American League's newest major league franchise for $5.5 million. Will Danny have any playing tips for his yet unnamed team? Hardly, considering his own boyhood performance at the plate. "Mondays, Wednesdays...
...DeLUISE SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.).* Actor-Comedian Dom DeLuise replaces Jonathan Winters on the summer schedule with the same old variety-comedy format. Guests are Bill McCutcheon, Marian Mercer, Paul Dooley and the Gentry Brothers. Premiere...
...Garry Moore Show (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Guests: Actor-Comedian Ed Wynn, Singer Patti Page...