Word: deafness
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...terrier mistook his pant leg for a hydrant: "I was nauseous, sick to my soul, I became aware . . . aware of the whole rotten senseless stinking deal." Mimed in outrageously funny fashion by Alan Arkin, Harry is so sick that he goes momentarily rigid with paralysis and then turns deaf, blind and mute. Milt prates of the good things in life, but he, too, is gnawed by despair. "I'm more in love today than on the day I married-but my wife won't give me a divorce." It occurs to Milt that Harry might find a meaning...
Something More! is masquerading as a musical comedy. It is tune-deaf and laugh-free. Lyrics like "tortoni, spumoni, and oh, my, minestrone" are better eaten than heard. The setting is Portofino, Italy, but the mood is about as authentically Italian as frozen pizza...
...else, he works in his studio on a massive statue of God. Well, not quite all else. He takes time out to seduce his son's girl friend. Then the family doctor has a go at the boy's next girl, who happens to be a deaf-mute. She runs off and is killed. Despite head-scratching reviews, the play is running strong. It will in all likelihood make its way to the U.S., where audiences can decide for themselves if God is really the father...
KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Sal Mineo, Jo Van Fleet and Albert Dekker in a drama about a deaf-mute apprentice cabinetmaker who is framed for the murder of his boss...
Mama Meg comes to the rescue in a high declamatory style that would send a deaf-mute up the wall. Untoppable and unstoppable in a slanging natch, she routs the foxy old camp director and triumphantly bears Joseph off, clucking: "Did your mother ever let you down? Will you please learn to put your last buck down on this baby...