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...Unusual Format. That effort begins each Monday with a reading of the script in Rehearsal Room 4 at NBC's Burbank, Calif., studios. Flip writes about a third of his material himself and sometimes arouses the ire of his writers by heavily editing the rest. While the reading is going on, an assistant sticks tape on the floor to map out the movements. Rehearsals begin on Tuesday. A general runthrough follows on Wednesday, and Thursday is camera-blocking day, when the performers work with camera crews. On Friday at 5 p.m. there is a dress rehearsal, with final taping...
...show's effectiveness comes partly from the unusual format designed by Producer Bob Henry, a veteran of variety shows dating back to Nat King Cole in the '50s. "The first time I saw Flip live, he appeared on a small platform with a six-piece orchestra on the side," Henry says. "I thought, 'That's the way to do it-intimacy.' " To get Flip closer to the audience, Henry created a theater-in-the-round and placed emphasis on full-body camera shots. "The head-to-toe selling was important," he observes. "What Chaplin...
...tell, he is right. The group's attempt to "bring jazz and classical influences to bear on rock music" (as their promo sheet puts it) has resulted in a music for which comparison is difficult. The album's combination of jazz and classical motifs in a rock format suggests a potential for schizophrenia, but clever blending has given the music continuity...
Beyond the mystery format, his books already have a penitentiary feel to them. The plot lines turn in on themselves, like ripples bouncing off walls. The cop looking for a killer inadvertently learns that his girl is secretly a prostitute. The hired gunman finds too late that he himself has been set up to be killed by his own brother-who hired him in the first place...
Side Five is what's causing the great stir in the music world, though. It is the only live recording in existence of Bob Dylan since his accident, and represents (hopefully) his return to the stage. Following the format of the concert, he gives note for note renditions of "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall," "It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry," "Blowin' in the Wind," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "Just Like a Woman." In his backup band are George Harrison on electric guitar, Ringo Starr on tambourine, and Leon Russel on bass. Singing...