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...Minutes with a profile of Texas Zillionaire H. L. Hunt. On NBC, Sander Vanocur introduces First Tuesday's study of guns and violence in the Philippine Islands. Back to CBS, where Harry Reasoner is watching the New York City police track down dope pushers; then switch to the peacock as Vanocur presents the life of a typical New York City policeman. Now Reasoner is reading humorous letters to the editor; Vanocur is winding up a light look at wigmakers for tots...
...Hernandez, a former dancer who remains its director and sole choreographer, the Folklorico fills the stage and the eye with the splendor of a national heritage that is a blend of Indian and Spanish elements. The company's lavish costumes, liberally splashed with gold and feathered beyond a peacock's fondest hopes, would stun the senses even if they were worn by mannequins. The 90 traveling members of the troupe-dancers, singers and instrumentalists-are considerably more than that...
Harvard had a golden opportunity in the first minute of the game when Bruins' Gary Peacock and Frank Sacheli went off the ice at 1:47 and 2:51 respectively. The Cavanagh line had a two man advantage for over a minute, but they played for the clear shot and lost control of the puck after lengthy maneuvering...
...that while the Raiders scored their two decisive touchdowns, NBC was leading into Heidi with a six-second spot for NBC's Monday Night at the Movies, a 60-second commercial, a ten-second promotional blurb for local stations and a five-second dance by the NBC peacock-a full 81 seconds, all of them eminently cuttable. Charged the Miami Herald: "It was simply a case of money over matter." As one NBC vice president later confessed, the network had promised Timex, sponsor of Heidi, that the $850,000 special would draw a large children's audience...
...cascade of crazy cartoon ideas. In yet another TV season of pale copies, Laugh-In is unique. It features no swiveling chorus lines, no tuxedoed crooners. Just those quick flashes of visual and verbal comedy, tumbling pell-mell from the opening straight through the commercials till the NBC peacock turns tail. Often the first-time viewer can hardly believe the proceedings. Silly punch lines fly like birdshot. Childish name games produce outrageous amalgams of sound...