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Holy Moses, what an all-star cast that is in the upcoming Wholly Moses, a desanctified recast of the biblical story. The premise of the movie is that a second baby, Herschel, was set adrift on the Nile at the same time as Moses. Never mind the hieroglyphic plot; just consider a cast that includes John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, John Ritter, Laraine Newman, James Coco, Jack Gilford, Dom DeLuise and Jack Albertson, along with Richard Pryor in a robes-and-rigamarole cameo as the pharaoh who puts Herschel down. Pryor became ill on the set, and no wonder. Maybe even...
...traveled to the Far East, Europe, Africa, behind the Iron Curtain "and even Iran" with American all-star teams, said the U.S. didn't even know how to capitalize on the presence of American athletes in foreign countries...
Coach Joe Restic will tutor the north's offense in the annual Blue-Grey all-star football game in Birmingham, Ala. on Christmas...
...later action, Ron Beck and Western Ontario all-star John Lennard battled through a five-game marathon before the scrappy Beck prevailed, 3-2, to earn a spot in the main tournament, which starts tonight...
Heroics and histrionics marked Pittsburgh's year. Theirs was a disco-inferno season, a full-tilt boogie race for the pennant punctuated by the psyching-up war whoops of All-Star Rightfielder Dave Parker, the ego-deflating insults of Garner and the popping of corks by Team Captain Stargell, the oenophile first baseman. Typical play: a Pirate crashes a three-run home run to win an eleven-inning game. Typical congratulatory byplay: "Way to go, [bleep]!" "Thank you, [bleep]!" Other teams may deem it necessary to fine players to ensure promptness at the ballpark; the Pittsburgh locker room throbs...