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...Evan But Yuvantsum (Michael Rapposelli)--who incidentally something like A. Barilett Giamstti. Angela and Gustave acquire allies for her, the wimpy hotel proprietor Heat A. Nytheguy (John Stimpson) and heroic intervener Dwight Turheto. (Brooks Whitehouse): for him, mistress Helen Highwater (Terry, Ray, Robinson, town marshal Annie Gitchergun (Rick Reynold) Festus Gunnsinawest (Jonathan Isham). and old flame Micheal Loud (Chad Hummel). But rifts develop, and fortuitous break up the quest for Angela's fortune. Sex is also at them...
...five young Sandhurst-trained officers killed or neutralized their superiors and grabbed control of big units of the army. Then, in simultaneous strikes throughout the nation, they killed or kidnaped Nigeria's most powerful feudal lord, the Sardauna of Sokoto; its two most corrupt politicians, Finance Minister Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh and Western Region Premier Chief Samuel Akintola; and its most prestigious international figure, Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa...
...compromise has failed and the "showdown" has come in a violent manner, precipitated by men who have grown tired of the broken promises of the politicians. The Sardauna and Sir Abubakar have been murdered, as has their ally, Chief Samuel Akintola, Premier of the West, and their friend Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, the incredibly rich Federal Finance Minister who held the key to the balance of power in the Midwestern Region. Only the Ibo East has not lost a major leader...
...Foot. But the performers willing and able to play along drown in the gravy. Among the kings of the circuit this year are Gunsmoke's Ken (Festus) Curtis and Milburn (Doc) Stone, who drew 225,000 fans in a week at Billings, Mont. (pop. 62,000) and, at the Kitsap County (Wash.) Fair-with the local impresario's job riding on the outcome-doubled the best previous gross. "We'll be singing and jawing at each other and having a time as big as my foot," announces Festus as they reach each town. Which means declining nary...
Their show is relentlessly in character. Festus gives his goose call. Doc up and says, "My cousin's so tall she hunts geese with a rake." The delivery is always slow-motion ("You can't Bob Hope 'em," says Stone) and fair-circuit clean. About as daring as they got at the Indiana State Fair last week was the routine in which Festus reported, "I've got 'seenus' trouble." "You mean sinus," corrected Doc. "No," rejoined Festus, "I was out with a pretty little girl last night and her husband seen...