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...teens. His father was a dress salesman, and the Simons lived in an apartment in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Doc and his older brother Danny were a professional writing team for more than ten years, servicing miscellaneous nightclub and television comics from Phil Silvers to Jackie Gleason...
...Steve McQueen, "the way schoolteachers mark tests. A, B, C, D, E, F-and Incomplete." On the McQueen Scale, Heroine Tuesday Weld is regretfully rated Incomplete. She has everything a girl could possibly have-except a brain. Sergeant McQueen is generously inclined to overlook the omission, but Sergeant Jackie Gleason is definitely not. "She's an imbecile!" he snorts. "You're a jelly belly!" she screeches. "And what's more I want you to know I'm a senior in high school!" Jackie sighs deeply: "And what did you learn in school today, my dear?" Tuesday...
...fairly hilarious romance between the middle-aged sergeant and the teen-aged twerp. Unfortunately, the romance only lasts about 20 minutes, and the rest of the picture isn't anywhere near as funny. In trying to go offbeat, Director Ralph Nelson has managed mostly to go offkey. But Gleason will amuse anybody who can still be amused by barracks humor...
...Jackie Gleason...
...Show and on the campus of Channing. On The Outer Limits, a Negro recently played a would-be Pierre Salinger, press secretary to a presidential candidate. Another Outer Limits show will have a Negro astronaut. All three networks now have Negro newsmen. There is a Negro girl in Jackie Gleason's chorus. A Chicago TV station has a Negro weather girl...