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...Binder, 39, is no less unusual than the rest of his troupe. A graduate of Dartmouth, with a master's in business administration from Columbia, he spent three years working behind the scenes in TV, as talent booker for Merv Griffin and stage manager for Julia Child. Then, in 1970, he met the Big Apple's other clown, Michael Christensen, who invited him to join the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Hungry to be in front of an audience at last, Binder accepted; eventually the two traveled to Europe, where they performed their juggling act on Paris street corners...
...marriages and living arrangements. Only the inexperienced expect a journalistic transaction to be risk free. This includes intellectuals so disdainful of pop culture as to be innocent about it. Suddenly, in order to flog a book, they find themselves in a studio talking trivia with Merv or Kup or Mike, shedding their standoffishness and their standards to avoid looking pompous on-camera...
Other characters come off somewhat better. Freshman Merv Griffin gives a feeling of honesty to his role of Curtis Mann, the Janitor-turned-member of the band. Myrna Gellman (Sabrina Peck) has one of the livelier roles, and Peck provides the infectious enthusiasm and strong singing that the play must have to survive. Other characters: the British corporate heir of clipped accents and buried principles (Anthony Calnek) or the young committed activist, Barbara MacNeil (Sue Morris), carry off competent portrayals of paper-mache stereotypes...
...Merv, Griffin with Barsocchini...
...Merv, Griffin with Barsocchini...