Word: gilford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...event, which will be held in Gilford, N.H., has drawn entries from Brown, Colgate, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Fordham, M.I.T., Rhode Island, Trinity, Tufts, Williams, and Yale. The club also expects an entry "on the sly" from Princeton, where cars are forbidden...
...weekend's events will begin with an average-speed rally Saturday morning in which the contestants will try to keep to a specified speed throughout their trip to Gilford. That afternoon a gymkhana, or test of driving skill, will be held. Sunday morning's event will be a hill climb and an additional race will be run in the afternoon. Only the last event is limited to sports cars; the others are open to stock models as well...
...three could use a little tightening. As the plot thickens, it sickens, and only the irrepressible antics of Jack Gilford keep the whole thing from falling apart. Gilford is one of the funniest clowns to appear in Boston for a long time. Sliding down stairs, mimicking the orchestra, and pulling bottles out of a tuba's bell, he completely dominates the final...
...best could use manicure scissors. But there are funny things in a take-off of a book-and-author luncheon, the plight of a man who has sworn off cigarettes, and a parody of a sentimental French chanteuse. Assisting-usually at their peril-are Comics David Burns and Jack Gilford, and Lenore (Junior Miss) Lonergan. Now grown up, Actress Lonergan should make a good comedienne when she gets the right comedy...