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Still, it is not Burns alone who makes the picture work. Singer John Denver is agreeable as his reluctant modern Moses, and Teri Garr is marvelous as a model of wifely forbearance, deftly blending skepticism about her husband's claims to contact with the higher-up and faith in his fundamental good sense. Carl Reiner's low-keyed direction avoids some obvious errors. Once Denver begins preaching the latest word from on high, the media get interested, and there is an opportunity to make the customary comments on the circus aspects of overnight celebrity. But Reiner makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: God Is Nice | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...have 20,000 more. Everybody wants to throw out a first ball, so I've bought all these harmless Styrofoam baseballs. You can throw one out yourself, if you'd like." After a slow, Styrofoam hailstorm, the Sox jumped ahead of the Boston Red Sox. Ralph Garr in left and Zisk in right misplayed fly balls, but Ken Brett pitched strongly, and Veeck's patchwork heroes won 5-2 before a noisy crowd of almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BYPLAY by ROGER KAHN: Bill Veeck: The Happy Hustler | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

Like Intercourse. The Scoreboard made victory sounds. Veeck beamed and thanked everybody. Then he spent two hours going over the game, pitch by pitch, with Bob Lemon, his manager, and two coaches. Ralph Garr was still swinging at the first pitch too often. He had to be reminded to wait for a strike every time he came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BYPLAY by ROGER KAHN: Bill Veeck: The Happy Hustler | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...McGraw is a businessman, he is one after Bill Veeck's heart. It may not be just a boy's game, but last year while the Braves were taking batting practice, McGraw hid out of sight with a hose and periodically sprinkled then-Brave Ralph Garr, who kept staring at the sunny sky in amazement. You often get that kind of thing in baseball. Once before a game in St. Louis, Bob Uecker, then a journeyman catcher, now an ABC announcer, borrowed a tuba from a band that was playing on the field and used it to shag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW LOOK FOR THE OLD BALL GAME | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

...ATLANTA--Just a notch below L.A. and Cincinnati, the Braves have an all-round solid club that could challenge for a title in any other division. Pitchers Phil Niekro and Buzz Capra led the league in lowest ERA, while batting champ Ralph Garr and third baseman Darrell Evans supply the offensive force...

Author: By Francis T. Crimmins jr., | Title: Frankly Speaking | 4/8/1975 | See Source »

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