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...sound as if they lived in the world of the play, not as if they were assuming certain mannerisms as they came out of the wings. They must give the impression that elaborate epigrams and elegant pseudo-nonsense are as natural to them as "Please pass the ketchup" and "Aw, go---yourself" are to us. Any gesture or inflection that seems as if it is there for its own sake, or for the sake of the laugh it creates, or in a self-conscious attempt at style, or because the actor cannot think of anything better, or because...
...Ford Show (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). Tennessee Ernie ankles back with more of his dexterously aw-shucked corn and with City Slicker Ernie Kovacs as his guest...
...have pulled more of a crowd, but Pauline was against it. "We're Catholics, you see. I always tell people that ask where the girl show is that they should save their $1.50 and get their wives to take off their clothes and dance around nude at home." "Aw," answers Fair Secretary Irving Pratt, when the subject comes up, "my wife can't dance...
...hours later he was ordered released anyway, pending a hearing. "You carried me in here, now carry me out," said McCrackin. "Aw, come on, man, be reasonable," said the Law. And Pacifist McCrackin got back on his feet and walked...
...octaves and tenths with his hands crossed, a trick that he says does wonders to develop the left hand. When a friend told him about big-handed Soviet Pianist Richter's trick of playing tenths and simultaneously playing thirds between thumb and forefinger, Van immediately duplicated it, commented, "Aw, that's not hard." He plays Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto with the cadenza that the pianist-composer rewrote for his own performances because it was too difficult...