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MARINELAND CARNIVAL (CBS, 7-8 p.m.). In the fifth edition of Marineland Carnival, Art Carney, as a vacationer from Brooklyn, and Jim Backus, as a frustrated TV director, "discover" Singer Nancy Ames as they watch the high-leaping dolphin and other denizens of the Florida aquarium...
CONTINENTAL SHOWCASE (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Yet another singing-dancing-variety summer replacement. This one is produced in Europe with Jim Backus as host. Premiere...
...Richard Backus, as the king of France, looks much too young but has an impressive and resonant voice. If only he took care not to slur phrases and to avoid the Shakespearean sing-song jog that it is so easy to fall into...
...only really satisfying performances were turned in by John Ross as Clinton, and Richard Backus as Andre. Each adopts a manner and sticks to it. By the end of the play, I actually got to like Clinton...
...critical vocabulary. With just a twinkle of his eye he tells you what he's thinking, makes you an accomplice in his delight. He and Philip Heckscher, as Macheath's helpmate filch, perfectly time their comic gestures to suit their songs. And they both have rich, pleasing voices. Richard Backus, as Locket, is the male counterpart of Miss Levine, a slapstick scene stealer with a comically mobile face. Unfortunately awkward, for he seems unsure of himself, stumbling over his lines and stiffly declaiming his songs. Still, he scowls enough to make an adequately evil Peachum...