Word: come
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jokes are too inside; some of this season's new bits, such as the recitation of old, out-of-context punch lines and the "Fun Couple" sketches, fail to work. Says Rowan: "When you take on a show that doesn't fill time, that doesn't come on with singers and dancers as a copout, that is nothing but comedy material-the well cannot remain constantly full. Eventually, we're going to run through this group of writers, and perhaps another group of writers. But how long can you keep...
...this, reminiscent of making a cult of Charlie Chan movies and Captain Marvel comic books. Besides, the outrageous jokes are thrown into the machinery of the show to create contrast and surprise, and to give viewers a chance to catch up with some fast, good jokes that may have come earlier-or so the show's apologists rationalize...
...latest contribution: LASSIE KILLS CHICKENS). On taping days, the writers are everywhere, feeding lines on the set, in the halls, dressing rooms, offices and wardrobe department. Periodically, the cast members try out impromptu bits on one another, often walk before the camera and say the first thing that comes into their heads. Recalls Sammy Davis: "I was looking forward to appearing on the show. Joey Bishop was going to be on, too. But when we went into rehearsal, I was handed the fattest script I have ever seen in my entire life. It was about four inches thick...
...Come February, Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell Schweickart are scheduled to zoom into earth orbit aboard Apollo 9, the first complete moon package to be shot into space. In addition to the Saturn 5 rocket and the Apollo command and service modules, the package will include the trouble-plagued lunar module (LM) that is destined, eventually, to land on the moon. The mission will include space walks, rendezvous and docking maneuvers, and the first transfer in space of astronauts between Apollo...
...donated his personal library to the college At Prescott, says President Nairn, who served as a New Zealand fighter pilot during World War II and holds a Ph. D. from Yale, "we are taking our past concepts of learning and giving them a new focus by which we can come close to the objective of that ancient Chinese aphorism: To have roots but to soar like an eagle...