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Justice: permission to peck a wee bit harder than we have been pecked...
Three astronauts, Pruett (Richard Crenna), Stone (James Franciscus) and Lloyd (Gene Hackman), have been in orbit for five months. Deterioration of reflex and temperament have set in so markedly that the two can deliver only muted snuffles back to earth. "Return!" comes the order from Charles Keith (Gregory Peck) at Mission Control. But the retrorockets misfire. With less than 48 hours of oxygen left, Control decides to abandon the boys to God and Walter Cronkite-at least until the entrance of crusty Space Veteran Ted Dougherty (David Janssen...
...David Frye is a master impressionist who has what it takes these days: Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, William F. Buckley, George Wallace and Nelson Rockefeller. In the world of impressions and mimicry, where a good line is usually the shortest distance between Jimmy Stewart and Gregory Peck, Frye bobs and weaves among the political heavyweights armed with perfect pitch and deadly accuracy...
Vince made a point of establishing good rapport with the Peck's Bad Boy of pro football Quarterback Sonny Jurgensen. Lombardi has an unaccountable soft spot for rakehells-a good thing, because Jurgensen, despite his off-the-field antics, can throw farther and more accurately than any other man in the game. This season he completed 249 passes, a league-leading total supported by Lombardi's fundamentalist ground game. "That's one area we improved upon this year," says Vince, "just by making them run." One result of Lombardi's endless drills: Rookie Larry Brown averaged...
JACK BENNY'S NEW LOOK (NBC 9-10 p.m.). Gregory Peck makes a musical debut with Jack and George Burns. Eddie ("Rochester") Anderson, Nancy Sinatra, and Gary Puckett and the Union...