Word: bushed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...things about this guy Milhouse. They used to call him Smokey, but it was all a joke, because he threw every junk pitch you'd ever heard of. Drop ball, knuckle ball, Mexican fork ball, and all that other stuff you pick up when you've been in the bush leagues for a long time. When you were least expecting it, Smokey would come in with this straight ball you were sure your grandmother could put out of the park, and he'd get the league's best hitters to bounce back...
...much of its spirit to Monte Walsh, both the Jack Schaefer novel and William Fraker's underrated film version. But Culpepper is less about growing old than coming of age. Ben Mockridge (Gary Grimes) is barely past his teens when he talks Trail Boss Frank Culpepper (Billy "Green" Bush) into taking him along on a drive. Ben is hired on as "little Mary" (cook's helper), and he has to work his predictable way up from there...
...scene in Culpepper that is served up to him as a piping hot cliché: The Kid's First Drink. He handles the whole thing very gracefully by taking his belt, swallowing hard and flashing a quick victory grin at his disappointed companions. Bush, so good as Jack Nicholson's hillbilly buddy in Five Easy Pieces, is even better here-prickly and sardonic. The other members of the Culpepper outfit are stolid and laconic, but most of them (especially Luke Askew and Bo Hopkins) manage to be interesting anyhow...
Square Dancing. Bush Room...
...much to learn from hearing the Brahms First Symphony, but will provincial Bethel ever be the same after hearing Bartók's Divertimento for Strings? The real test, of course, will be how quickly the Seattle musicians, or any others for that matter, are back beating the bush with more Brahms and Beethoven. Conductor Katims, who found the trip a thoroughly warming experience (thanks partly to the men's pantyhose he wore throughout), would like to make it an annual affair. "There were wonderful vibes from the people," he said as the orchestra headed home. "I could...