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...TIGER MAKES OUT. From the brittle material of his off-Broadway play, The Tiger, Murray Schisgal has fashioned a cinematic cornucopia filled with enough laughs to supply an entire season of TV comedies...
From the brittle material of his off-Broadway play The Tiger, Author Murray Schisgal has fashioned a cinematic cornucopia overflowing with sight and sound gags. In the end, the film degenerates into flat-out vaudeville buffoonery, but along the way it offers enough laughs to supply an entire season of canned TV comedies. The near-perfect performances of Jackson and Wallach-recreating their stage roles-are augmented by a parade of outstanding character actors. The funniest: Charles Nelson Reilly, as a clock-watching university registrar whose face is a festival of tics...
...effects have been far-reaching. Crops were hit hard, from the fragile, cheesecloth-shaded tobacco leaves in the Northeast to the whole cornucopia of California fruits, particularly pears, apples, tomatoes and citrus. In Los Angeles, the rains brought unusually lush vegetation to the hills, posing a serious fire hazard for late summer, when the greenery bakes tinder...
...miners, made in 1534 from a bison that roamed Central Europe, celebrates a mine dating back to prehistoric times. Offered in the king's name by the mine-owner to his well-organized craft guild, its backbreaking gesture seemingly turns their burdens into the symbol of an elegant cornucopia full of goodness...
...Price of Fat Dogs. Deutschmarks never change hands in the ransom deals. Ulbricht & Co. prefer to tap the cornucopia of West German industry for trucks and spare parts, and coffee, butter and citrus fruit, which East Germany considers "luxury" consumer goods. With time, a pricing system has evolved. Young prisoners such as Zippel and Trochim can be sprung for 15,000 Deutschmarks ($3,750), while the dicke Hünde (fat dogs) convicted of subversion and espionage pull down as much as $10,000 apiece...