Word: burnette
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants Terribles. Ivy Compton-Burnett, Brothers and Sisters. Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent, Youth. Hart Crane, The Bridge...
CAROL + 2 (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). "Carol" = Burnett and "2" = Lucille Ball + Zero Mostel. With that O in there, the sum should be impressive...
...reason for all the talk is that the nature, quality and targets of American humor are undergoing considerable change. Bob Hope and Columnist Russell Baker both believe that the change is for the better, and Carol Burnett proclaims: "Humor has gotten braver; we're doing nuttier, wilder things." S. J. Perelman, on the other hand, says unequivocally: "I have never seen so much ghastly work, even in television, as this year." And as far as Playwright (Cactus Flower} Abe Burrows is concerned, "there is nothing to kid any more. This is the age of consensus...
English women: Queen Elizabeth II is out (although she is a distinct possibility as German-of-the-year), and so are Mrs. Harold Wilson and Princess Margaret (who won't be here until November). But there must be someone: Ivy Compton-Burnett? Lady Snow (Pamela Hansford Johnson)?? Iris Murdoch...
Armory for 10,000 people, including the Johnsons and the Humphreys, who were introduced by Gala Chairman Arthur Krim, president of United Artists and a tireless Democratic Party fund raiser. The two-hour variety spectacular featured Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, Johnny Carson, Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Carol Burnett, Julie Andrews and Carol Channing. Harry Belafonte, wearing one of his custom-made undress shirts, knocked out a Michael Row the Boat Ashore, slipping in a few lines about Mississippi and Alabama. Barbra Streisand belted out Happy Days Are Here Again and People for the folks listening without loudspeakers in Baltimore. Dame...