Word: bullfighters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...expect dramatic accidents when they tune in on Paco Malgesto, the Arthur Godfrey of Mexico rolled into one. He appears on two of the country's three TV networks for a grand total of 8½ hours a week, spieling and laughing through a mixture of variety shows, bullfight commentaries, interview and quiz programs, and assorted sports shows. Paco almost never rehearses, believes in doing or saying on-screen what comes naturally ("When I itch, I scratch"), somehow has parlayed a combination of glibness, amiability and sports knowledge into nationwide fame and fortune. (Paco reports his income...
...Another. A bouncy man of 40, Paco was born Francisco Rubiales, got his start as a bullfight critic by taking the pseudonym Malgesto (meaning grimace) and unashamedly plagiarizing the work of Mexico's most popular critics. "So I be gan with 40 years' experience, though I was only 21 years old," says Paco. From newspapering he ad-glibbed his way into radio, mostly reporting sporting events to sports-happy Mexicans. When TV arrived in force seven years ago, Pace's genial personality went with the small screen the way a hot sauce goes with enchiladas...
Lapses that might have cut short the careers of some scarcely detract from Paco Malgesto's prestige. One day, as he walked through a bullfight crowd with a portable microphone, he held out the mike to a stranger, who said, "You are a stupid bastard." "No sir," replied Paco, "it is you who are the bastard," and handed the mike back to the stranger. The pair traded obscenities for five minutes. That one cost Paco a 1,000-peso fine...
...largely revived it as a serious medium in France. He revived his interest in sculpture. From the abandoned perfume factory that he took over in the sleepy Riviera town of Vallauris, Picasso has turned out a host Of ceramics of his own ferocious owls, toads, bulging females, nymphs and bullfight scenes never seen before on land or kiln...
David Niven, an old hand at delivering the cultivated sneer, plays the intrepid and imperturbable voyager in a way which leaves nothing to be desired. A famous Mexican comedian named Cantinflas is consistently funny throughout as the valet, and shines particulary in a humorous interpretation of a bullfight. Shirley MacLaine plays the Indian princess, and the late Robert Newton makes his last screen appearance as a detective who pursues the travelers under the impression that he is chasing a pair of bank robbers. Todd has also somehow managed to get 44 stage and screen stars to play bit parts. They...