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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Through the Looking Glass has almost no plot and consequently the writers attempt to create one so the show will hang together. Lake and Levine try to show that the episodes are all steps toward Alice's becoming "a woman." There's just one catch--Alice is only ten years...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Failure in Matherland | 11/10/1978 | See Source »

THOUGH LOOKING GLASS is a disappointment, the Mather House production and especially the cast should be awarded a collective medal for a game try. The costumes designed by Liz Perlman were clever to the point of genius. Humpty-Dumpty's even got a round of applause. The players for the...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Failure in Matherland | 11/10/1978 | See Source »

Laura Hastings' '80 Lois Lane, on the other hand, sparkles with freshness and originality. She has added comic dimensions to the character which never existed in either the "Superman" television series or in the comic books. Lois is at once the ardent feminist--"I'm not a girl," she declares...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

The transformation from the unassuming, spotlight side-stepping Brvnteson one sees between games, to the intensely competitive player one sees on the fields, is not something that comes with the imbibing of a little locker room elixir, a-la Jeckyll and Hyde. The hardnosed Brynteson is the character that has...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Brynteson: A Low-Key MVP | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

What follows at this not-so-grand hotel covers most of the seven deadly sins. Despite its emphasis on tight plotting and revolving guests, the series does not scrimp on atmosphere or the incidental grace notes that so enriched Upstairs, Downstairs. The supply of gifted British character actors seems as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: There's a Small Hotel | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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