Word: comical
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Colonel. A comic and often touching study in the art of survival, demonstrated by Danny Kaye as a Polish refugee who keeps one jump ahead of the invading Nazi armies in France...
...same shortage of sponsors for unrehearsed humor also killed the best new comedy show in years. The show: Keep Talking, a zany competition between teams of comic talkers trying to spin out a screwball tale while slipping in a screwball secret phrase that the opposition must spot. Literate and consistently funny, the show was carried by CBS all summer and into the fall without attracting a sponsor. Last week CBS decided that while it still liked Keep Talking, it could not afford to keep paying...
...Colonel. A notably comic and often touching study in the art of survival, demonstrated by Danny Kaye as a Polish refugee who keeps one jump ahead of the invading Nazi armies in France by using his brains and his heart...
...also could be argued that cheering is something no one really takes seriously, no matter who leads the "rahs," and that spectators would just as soon have a little comic relief during times-out. The Undergraduate Athletic Council may have overestimated the average Harvard fan's desire for Saturday afternoon decorum and the seriousness of his respect for athletes...
...anywhere near so well. The Girls in 509 has truly funny moments, when a gag cuts sharp as a razor, or a prop turns into a vise. But a situation that never develops the slightest bit of story has to be relentlessly kept going with comic-strip characters and hit-or-miss gags. Worse, loud and obvious staging that only Peggy Wood knows how to rise above underlines everything that is tiresome, or tinny, or both. Actually, The Girls in 509 has just enough winning gags and gadgets for a topnotch revue skit. In its present form, Playwright Teichmann, having...