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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is the sound that a magic car makes in this slightly less than enchanting musical about a pixilated inventor (Dick Van Dyke), his two pixilated offspring and his pixilated girl friend (Sally Ann Howes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 31, 1969 | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is a friendly, affectionate musical that drags a bit in the first half, but picks up once Dick Van Dyke, who plays a pixilated inventor, gets his children, his girl friend (Sally Ann Howes) and his car airborne in a glorious romp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 17, 1969 | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is a friendly, affectionate musical for all ages-between five and twelve. The first half of the movie drags a bit, but the action picks up once Dick Van Dyke, who plays a pixilated inventor, gets his children, his girl friend (Sally Ann Howes) and his car airborne in a glorious romp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 10, 1969 | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

Once upon a time (c. 1910) there was an inventor named Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke). He and his two children-apparently spawned by autogenesis, since there is no mention of a mother-live with their potty Grandpa (Lionel Jeffries) and a bunch of malfunctioning machines, ingeniously designed by Rowland Emett. Like the man who invented five-up and six-up and then gave up, Caractacus falls just short of greatness. His vacuum cleaner not only cleans the rug, it swallows it. His color television set just broadcasts wobbles. His Icarus act fizzles when the rockets tied to his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Chug-Chug, Mug-Mug | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

...definition, an inventor is someone who converts fancies into facts. A man who turns fancies into facts and then facts into entire industries is much more. He may even be deserving of that overworked word: genius. The description seems to fit Peter Goldmark, 62, president and head of research for CBS Labs. Goldmark built the world's first practical color TV system in 1940 and invented the long-playing record in 1948. His latest discovery may well touch off an even greater electronic convulsion. In Manhattan last week, he displayed the first operating model of Electronic Video Recording...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Genius at CBS | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

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