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...overblown show of a popular American eye fooler...
...SOME DECADES NOW, THE eye-fooler William Harnett (1848-92) has been one of the most popular American 19th century painters. Everyone relishes the stories about his gee-whiz illusionistic skills and how they mesmerized Americans at the dawn of the photographic age a century ago, people less drenched in images and less blase about them than we. "So real is it," wrote a Cincinnati journalist in 1886 about a Harnett called The Old Violin, that a special guard "has been detailed to stand beside the picture and suppress any attempts to take down the fiddle...
...names were there. Smoky, the drunken horse from Cat Ballou, Old Fooler, star of The Rounders, and currently seen under Burt Lancaster in The Scalphunters. Mr. Ed and Fury, once title horses in TV series bearing their names. Syn Cat, the cat who was That Darn Cat. Cousin Bessie, the chimp from The Beverly Hillbillies. Bruce, who was the ocelot in Honey West. Rhubarb, who gave that never-to-be-forgotten performance as the cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's. And all the young stars of tomorrow: Willie the bear, soon to make his debut...
...ROUNDERS (ABC, 8:30-9 p.m.). The premiere of a modern horselaugh opera recounting the adventures of two cowboys, their wheeler-dealer ranch boss and a horse called "Old Fooler," who would rather sit than buck. Chill Wills stars as the rancher, with Ron Hayes and Patrick Wayne as the cowpokes. Old Fooler up stages them all in "A Horse for Jim Ed Love...
...advertised time for the contest, 2 p.m., is a fooler. Spectators who arrive then will miss the afternoon's showcase event. The weight throw, at 1 p.m., will bring together six men who have tossed the 35-lb. ball more than 54 ft., and two 60-ft.-plus performers--the Crimson's Stan Doten and Ted Balley...