Word: allene
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...typical chase, W. C. Fields as a dentist searching for a patient's mouth in his beard, and Bing Crosby with a full head of hair. Sound effects have been dubbed in expertly, and the old-timers are consistently hilarious. As a matter of fact, the present-day Steve Allen is plainly overwhelmed. His comic narration serves mainly to illustrate how much the art of slapstick has declined in the past two decades...
...third line combination has again been shuffled, and it is still questionable just whom Weiland will use on the line and how much he will use them. John Hamlen, Dick Allen, Dave Holmes, and Albie Wells will all dress, and there is a possibility that Art Noyes will see service on this line. When he does not, he will probably alternate at defense with Pete Summers and Mario Celi...
...Wilt's mother. Said Mrs. Chamberlain: "We've had many colleges speak to us about Wilton, but you're the first one who was a professor. I'm so happy to have someone talk about the academic side." By the end of May, Phog Allen and K.U. had won the Stilt sweepstakes. "Wilton," he said, "I know you'll be happy here...
Ever since basketball was first invaded by big men, Phog Allen has campaigned loudly to have that twelve-foot basket of his made regulation; the regulation height is now ten feet. The big shooters, he has argued often, are killing the passing, the dribbling, the teamwork that makes basketball exciting. But now Phog has Wilt the Stilt. Says he with a quiet smile: "Twelve-foot baskets? What are you talking about? I've developed amnesia...
...forgotten man. I wanted a steady job and a steady pay check.'' CBS gave him a contract and tossed in Producer-Writer Nat Hiken, a gloomy young man (41) who has supplied funny lines and situations for a generation of radio and TV comics, including Fred Allen, Jack Carson, Milton Berle and Martha Raye. The two men moved into Hiken's private office, a coldwater, off-Broadway flat on Manhattan's West Side, and set to work. They considered and discarded dozens of formats. For a while. Phil was going to play a busybody brother...