Word: kurnitz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much of the rest of the show, adapted by Playwright Harry Kurnitz from his Broadway farce (TIME, Nov. 3, 1958), is unfortunately not very funny. For one thing, when Actor Brynner sets out to tickle the funnybone, he practically breaks the spectator's arm. For another, Kurnitz' shock gags require the physical presence of the actors for their effect. But in the film version the actors are not actually there, the shock often fails to come through, the laughs often fail to come off. Still, there are a few bits of memorably daffy backchat (Trustee...