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...Life of Riley (Fri. 8:30 p.m., NBC). An old radio favorite moves to TV, starring William Bendix...
...enemies with the greatest of gusto, laughing fiendishly all the while. He cuts his rivals' throats, runs them through the gizzards and lashes them to the mast. But Blackbeard's dark deeds finally catch up with him when his own men, led by First Mate William Bendix, bury him up to his neck in the sand and leave him to await the incoming tide (in real life, Blackbeard was shot by a British lieutenant on the high seas...
Outside on the street, it was a warm afternoon. In Jordan Marsh's windows were scenes of local churches, seen through a revolving glass, ersatz snow falling, like through a Bendix window. A Salvation Army band moved up and played carols. The trumpeter looked like Boston's own Major Barbara and the crowd listened. Two young Oliver Twists blew horns and the leader pumped a trombone, trying vainly to look as little like a bank clerk as possible. By the curb, a small aging woman held out her tambourine. An S.A. cap sat on her stringy grey curls; her eyes...
...sporadically amusing spoof, Bonzo Goes to College leans almost entirely for its laughs on the mugging of its sawed-off leading man. Looking something like a cross between Mickey Rooney and William Bendix in a porkpie hat, Eton jacket and long trousers and suspenders, Bonzo somehow manages to keep the show going without any visible assistance from writers, director and supporting cast...
Each morning the 38 students get a stiff bout of lectures. They not only master menus ("What kind of pie is this 'assorted'?" asked one student), but also timetables, train tickets, how to tip, how to type. They learn to foxtrot, travel by bus, use a Bendix and electric iron...