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...century Corinth. The Turks, led by their Sultan Maometto (Justino Diaz), are hammering at the gates. Sills plays Pamira, the daughter of Cleomene (Harry Theyard), the governor of Corinth. Beverly, who talks as fast as she trills, narrates the plot in a style redolent of both Anna Russell and Rhoda Morgenstern: "It's very similar to Aida. The only difference being that my lover is a girl. Well, I mean to say, the part is played by a girl. Actually, the one that I really love is not a tenor. It happens to be the bass, Maometto the terrible...
...theatrical wing of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 has chosen Warren Beatty as Man of the Year and Valerie Harper, star of the CBS television show Rhoda, as Woman of the Year...
Harper, a three-time Emmy-Award winner for her portrayal of the wisecracking Rhoda Morgenstern, is the first television actress to be chosen as Woman of the Year. She will arrive in Cambridge February 18 to participate in a parade through Harvard Square and receive an engraved bronze Hasty Pudding...
...format was to become a permanent structure. Even today, Benny's influence still echoes around the channels. Jack's wisecracking girl friend -and offstage wife-Mary Livingstone is the original of Rhoda. Don Wilson, the pompous announcer, can be seen in Ted Knight's role on the Mary Tyler Moore show. The drunken bandleader, Phil Harris, is a 100-proof version of Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's sidekick. Rochester, the sardonic Negro valet, is the granddaddy of all the servants, black and white, who have hilariously put down their employers since the invention of the vacuum...
...down trend is most pronounced at ABC. Its Monday Night Football telecasts, featuring the logorrheic Howard Cosell, are appearing in 11% fewer households this season than last. Part of the slippage is due to the popularity of two comedy shows, Maude and Rhoda, aired by CBS. For its part, NBC two weeks ago blitzed ABC'S Denver-Kansas City game by a margin of better than two to one with the first telecast of The Godfather...