Word: bloopers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...take nearly so long to tumble to the idea of rebottling Bond. The most imaginative of the imitators seems likely to be Get Smart (NBC), a spoof of the already spoofish Man from U.N.C.L.E., featuring Comic Don Adams as Agent Maxwell Smart (get it?-"Get Smart!"). Blooper-Spy Smart hasn't much cool. When his captor says he does not believe there are six Coast Guard cutters on the way to the rescue, Smart asks: "Would you believe five...
Compatibility Research came up with one real blooper. A Jewish Harvard sophomore asked for a 17 or 18 year old freshman between five feet, five inches and five feet, seven inches. He was given a senior from Emmanuel College: height--five feet, nine inches; weight--"I was afraid to ask." He added that his money is going to be refunded...
With one out in the fifth inning, Gibson hit a blooper into left field; Tom Tresh raced in, got a glove on the ball--and couldn't hold it. Curt Flood then rapped a tailor-made double play ball to Yank second baseman Bobby Richardson--who couldn't hold it either. Lou Brock singled Gibson home, and then Bill White hit a bounder to Richardson which should have ended the inning with a double play, but the relay to first was slow and Brock scored from third...
...ninth weren't bad enough, the bottom was worse for the sports fans. Gavin Gilmor opened the inning with a blooper that dropped between the second baseman and the center fielder for a single. Gilmor, however, didn't stop at first, and when he reached second, he met the ball in the glove of the Crusader second-bagger...
Finally, at 6:15 of the second quarter, the Crimson broke the deadlock with a neat piece of headwork. Sam Rodd caught a slow blooper on his forehead and relayed it to Ohiri. Chris lunged forward and headed the ball into the goal...