Word: gene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gene Wildman...
Epeeman Bob Tillman tried to right the sinking Harvard ship with a 5-3 victory over Army's Paul Johnson but his bailing out was to no avail as foilsman Gene Vastola, who won his other two bouts, lost 5-4. Vastola gamely fought back to 4-4 after going down 4-2 but then Army's Bob Hamilton used his long reach to touch Vastola just below the neck...
...Pioneers regrouped in a hurry with two goals in the first minute of the third stanza to go ahead before Gene Purdy tied the contest five minutes later and sent the game into the extra frame...
...Gene Wilder should be perfectly content to be Gene Wilder, but he persists in trying to be Mel Brooks. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, Wilder's first film as a director-writer-star, was a pale Brooks pastiche, and The World's Greatest Lover is more of the same. This is sad, for Wilder does have a fresh sensibility of his own to offer: here and there in his films one can find a sweet romantic streak and the beginnings of a surreal visual style. But Wilder refuses to trust his own instincts. Every time...
...Better yet, The World's Greatest Lover ends with a rush of feeling for both movies and people that is surprisingly touching. While the climax has nothing to do with the film that precedes it, one can at least hope that it is a harbinger of ruly personal Gene Wilder films yet to come...