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...Brown been less sure of his own prowess, he might have seriously scarred the vulnerable young writer. But as a swinging Batman to Toback's cocky Elobin, J.B. proves to be a concerned and even therapeutic big brother. When Toback's wife, the granddaughter of an English duke, leaves him, Brown is helpful though not overly sympathetic. It didn't take much to see that Toback had been confused about which Marl-Dorough country he really wanted to come home...
John has been doing his live act only since last summer. Perhaps that is the reason he seems to want to sell himself more than he really has to. He comes on with a long cape looking a bit like Michael J. Pollard impersonating Batman, and gradually sheds down to a star-patterned T shirt, slacks and a Porky Pig button that lights up. Then, kicking away the piano bench, he goes into an old-fashioned rock-'n'-roll finale and plays standing up, kneeling down, even handstanding on the keyboard with feet high...
...Nguyen Nielsens around to survey such things, no one knows precisely how THVN is faring in a ratings war with AFVN, the U.S. Armed Forces TV network. But it seems to be far behind. Mission: Impossible is the U.S. show most popular with the Vietnamese; until AFVN discontinued it, Batman also was near the top. Wrestling and boxing matches are popular, too, but not pro football, which the Vietnamese regard as silly...
...most popular-if least socially significant-of all the shirts are those featuring Batman or Superman emblems, or one of a host of cartoon characters that include Porky Pig, the Road Runner, Daffy Duck (who is smoking a joint), Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. There is even a superman undershirt dress, which the wearer can presumably don in the nearest available phone booth...
...improvised their way into national prominence as the mockingbirds of the American aviary. When they were around, no peacock, no eagle was secure. In their Broadway show, An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, they did scenes in the style of O'Neill, and Batman, Proust, Pirandello and Noel Coward. Each swatch of material had a shiny button?as when Nichols, playing an English dentist, leans over his beloved patient: "I knew even then that I loved you. There, I've said it. I do love you. Let's not talk about it for a moment. Rinse out, please...