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...difficult to talk about Princeton's quarterback since in the past he has been only a signal caller and a blocker in the single wing. This year's offense will be different, but it is a fairly well-kept secret in what ways it will change. At any rate, it can safely be said that Princeton's backfield is one of the best, and probably the best, in the league. Another undisputable fact is that Scott MacBean and Brian McCullough can both run and pass extremely well...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 9/24/1969 | See Source »

JACK BENNY'S BIRTHDAY SPECIAL (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Ann-Margret pops out of the cake while Lucille Ball, Lawrence Welk, Dan Blocker, Dennis Day and Jerry Lewis clown around to make Jack forget he's - you guessed it - 39. Repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Cinema: may 23, 1969 | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

...David Blocker, the oily minister in the Dollar Theater production, manages to convince you that his mind indeed flutters with the slightest breeze, and his cleverness serves his master only when it serves himself...

Author: By Jerald R. Gerst, | Title: Endor & Krapp's Last Tape | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

...possible to sympathize with this man who is by his own admission contemptible. That is the best measure of Blocker's accomplishment. In the end, when he, Saul, and Saul's general leave the witch, it is only Blocker's Minister who carries the burden of the vision of imminent doom she has shown them...

Author: By Jerald R. Gerst, | Title: Endor & Krapp's Last Tape | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

...Although Blocker's performance was difficult to match, Leigh Woods as Saul and Frazer Lively as the witch came close. Miss Lively's witch was an imaginative if not completely successful attempt to break away from the stereotype of withered, cackling, old crones. Gaunt she is, but she displays a sensuality when she strokes Saul's cheek that casts doubt upon the depths to which she has plumbed arcane science...

Author: By Jerald R. Gerst, | Title: Endor & Krapp's Last Tape | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

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