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...cable networks proliferate, many operators are limited in how many channels they can accommodate with outmoded transmission equipment. "The real problem is channel capacity," says Michael Luftman, a spokesman for ATC. Reason: many cable systems were built at least ten years ago, when the technology permitted room for only 36 channels. That capacity will grow to some 70 or more channels in the 1990s as operators around the country install new equipment. The advanced hardware will create more room for rivals on the same system and a wealth of new programming opportunities for everything from local news shows to solemn...
...lovers are saved by the deus ex machina arrival of Beralde (Eric Luftman), Argan's Jock La Lane brother, who forces him to see that his doctors are charlatans, that his wife is a floozy, and that his daughter must marry for love, not his interests. All this is done with the help of a few tricks by Toinette...
...John, Henry's favorite, very broadly, with an almost farcical glee. As "the family nothing," nicknamed a "walking pustule" by his brother Richard, Sherman gets to deliver such prize lines as "You turd." and "You're a stinker and you stink." In contrast to Sherman's comic posturing, Eric Luftman acts Richard Lionheart, Eleanor's darling, with straight-faced sobriety. Whether stiffly demanding his rights or reviling the rest of the family, he is a model of sullen, subdued rage. In between is Geoffrey (Jon Goerner), all "cogs and gears," the son nobody loves. Goerner, playing another in a long...
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