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Shalako--A mildly entertaining Western sorely in need of a good gag-writer and Brigitte Bardot. Luckily they got Bardot. At the PARAMOUNT, Washington St. across from Raymond...
...ROTC, what logical or moral grounds are there to keep another elite, or another majority, of opposite political views from purging another organization whose action they deem treasonable or immoral. Harvard, which during the 1950's fought for the preservation of an open society by resisting McCarthyite attempts to gag academic freedom, could now set a precedent for other universities more intent on banning SDS than ROTC. The SDS resolution would also deny these students who wish to receive military training while in college their right and opportunity...
...running gag in Maryland throughout the presidential campaign had it that if Hubert Humphrey won the election, local Democrats would immediately demand a recount. For the Democrats were well aware that when the Republican Party won the White House, it lost the statehouse. When Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew resigns his governorship some time after the Electoral College makes his election official on Dec. 16, Maryland's general assembly is certain to choose a Democrat to succeed him for the remaining two years of his four-year term...
...mugging face-last only an eighth of a second. Executive Producer George Schlatter calls this "energy film," a technique that gives a kind of booster burst of speed to the show. Explains Dick Martin: "Nobody's going to appreciate everything on our show. But if one gag goes completely over your head, there'll be another along in a few seconds that cracks you up and leaves
...effect of the pace is almost subliminal. Ultimately, the viewer is totally involved, loses himself in a giddy, whirling world where the witty becomes indistinguishable from the wheezy. The show takes nothing seriously, least of all itself. When someone pops a hoary old vaudeville gag, the camera will cut to a wild-eyed Laugh-In writer shouting "Please! Stop me before I steal more...