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...needs high hopes like he needs pocket money, and he uses them just as casually. Everyone seems to recognize this, not only his manager but also his girl friend Janelle (E.J. Peaker). She has become pregnant by him, has left town to have the child, and tells him with some accuracy, "You're the most pathetic person I've ever met. Because you could be so much and you won't be anything." Still, she loves him because she, like everyone else, expects and invites the kind of lurking, perennial disappointment that Vic Bealer can ensure...
...supporting performances are sharper. Carol Androsky as Vic's sister-in-law, who seems to dwell in the middle of some lunatic serenity; Art Metrano as Vic's anxious brother-in-law Jay David Swooze ("Just a formal handshake will be just fine for me, thanks"); E.J. Peaker as the imperious Janelle; and Anne Archer as the fetching but deadening Drenna-all these are especially noteworthy out of a large and shrewdly chosen cast. Each nicely complements the excellences of a distinctive, gifted movie...
THAT'S LIFE (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). "The Honeymoon." Robert Goulet, Alan King and Kay Medford join Robert Morse and E. J. Peaker in a musical comedy about the tribulations of matrimony...
Refreshing in an entirely different way is That's Life (Tuesday, 10-11 p.m.). In this free-spirited musical lark, another hapless hero, Robert Morse, plays opposite a real-life doll with the unlikely name of E.J. (for Edra Jeanne) Peaker. Informal to the point of plotlessness, the series romps through a tomato surprise of old tunes and new ones, comedy sketches and big production numbers. Old Pro George Burns helped tie together the opening-night proceedings with cigar-chomping asides and monologues. Another guest, Tony Randall, contributed a mix of roguish, debonair and fumbling antics. Other celebrities will...
THAT'S LIFE (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). A weekly musical about the life of a young middle-class American couple. Robert Morse and E. J. Peaker star as Robert and Gloria Dicksen. George Burns, Tony Randall, the Turtles and Maureen Arthur guest-star. Premiere...