Word: merrier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Into the Side Room. Such enticements drew some 600 people to the International Inn's chandeliered Federal Room. To make things merrier, there were baskets filled with miniature Scotch and bourbon bottles on each table; there was sherry in and with the soup, a '59 Pouilly-Fuisse with the fish, champagne with the dessert (which was soaked in Cherry Heering). and cognac with the coffee. The guests included not only the Washington regulars-like Mike Mansfield and Hubert Humphrey-but a large assortment of out-of-towners. Among those present was the New York Yankees' outfielder Mickey...
Soupy Sales is a short-haired fellow with a kumquat nose, a moron-the-merrier expression, a crushed stovepipe hat, buttoned collar and huge bow tie. His métier is sick slapstick. He gets laughs by biting off a neighbor's hangnail or hitting an old lady with a custard pie-not in the face, but up under her arm, as if the pie were a small bucket...
Joan White as the inquisitive and omniscient Julia leads the cast in the merrier of its japes. Again and again, when the play begins to bog down in the cool of Mr. Eliot's emotions, Julia bustles in to start things going again. Priscilla Chamberlayne as Lavinia is also excellent, portraying with heavy sarcasm the role of the Alcestis of the hearth...
...days of the year. Only his birthday is the annual shock to me-when the whole world seems to pour into our home with wishes, cables and presents." Motherhood is Oona's favorite occupation: "I am delighted every time I have another baby. The more the merrier is our family slogan. Charlie is just crazy about the kids. And he tells everyone that I look my prettiest when I am expecting a child." Oona discloses that the aging Chaplin is just as eccentric as ever: "Such a contradiction. I always have to carry a large supply of loose change...
Henry IV, Part I alternating with Part 11. As revived at the Phoenix Theater, Shakespeare's roustabouts have rarely been merrier or Falstaff such an effective blend of pretense and pathos...