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...special language of the skindivers is at least less rusty than the dialogue that comes out of the average Warner Bros.' stage coach. On last week's show, snagging a smoothly globular blonde, played by Darrah Marshall, one aquanaut observed: "I knew I'd have to decompress her before I took her to the surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: The New Shows | 9/26/1960 | See Source »

...made palatable by a knowing re-creation of the London theater, lively dialogue that is often outrageously punny ( "Anouilh, get your gun"), and a couple of cocktail party scenes laced with name-dribbling comic horror. It may not be literature, but it is a fairly painless way to decompress, for an evening or two, from the TV bends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Women & Geoffrey Bliss | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

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