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Crystal says he is not Buddy, although he makes him so instantly recognizable in his Nipsey Russell loungewear and pinkie ring, in his scathing put-downs and maudlin sentimentality, that the character seems to come from the inside out. Crystal says he only wanted to show "the terrorist inside each of us, who can ruin things at any moment." But like many people for whom affection comes easily, Crystal may have felt driven to test his positives. "It was easy to like Harry ((in When Harry Met Sally . . .)) and Mitch ((the mid-life ad guy in City Slickers...
Call it Richard Pryor Born Again. Not that this coruscating comic actor has seen the heavenly light, renounced his steady diet of high-sodium ghetto talk that would singe the ears of maiden aunts and Marine sergeants alike, and cutified himself into Nipsey Russell. Au contraire, as they say in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where this third chapter in Pryor's scarifyingly frank autobiography was shot. The man is still baaad as ever, effortlessly libeling ex-wives (make that all women), Ronald Reagan (make that most white folks) and a tiny racing crab that managed to scamper...
...pole and tormented by rascally birds. Jackson sings a piteous lament, to the effect that "you can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game." Wiz Composer Charlie Smalls is a gifted comic writer, and soon Nipsey Russell, whose rusty tin man is easily the best characterization of the film, sings an oozy and oleaginous Smalls ballad, Slide Some Oil to Me. To ward the end, awful Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West (Mabel King), rumbles out a menacing hard-rocker, Don't No body Bring...
...star as a grandfather. Two new series are based on plays written by Neil Simon. One of them, The Odd Couple, stars Jack Klugman and Tony Randall. The other, Barefoot in the Park, makes a switch from white to black, with a cast headed by Scoey Mitchlll and Nipsey Russell. Based on Simon's cozy white-middle-class comedy about a square Manhattan lawyer, his silly wife and their nutty neighbor, this black version is certainly an intriguing-if arbitrary-departure from the original version. Whether or not it portends a network trend remains to be seen (My Three...
COMEDY IS KING II (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Alan King leads a group of guests in a satirical look at contemporary life. Among the jaundiced eyes: Shirley Jones, Leslie Uggams, Tony Randall, Jack Carter, Nipsey Russell and Linda Lavin...