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...from its acerbic early years to its earnest latter seasons (starring--above, from left--Alan Alda, Harry Morgan and Mike Farrell), it was a tour de force of TV writing. This 36-disc set offers it all, plus documentaries, a trivia game and the 1970 movie by the late Robert Altman. (The spin-off AfterM*A*S*H is thankfully omitted.) Fire up the still and settle in for a long, hilarious...
...Robert St. John...
...DIED. Robert Lockwood, 91, giant of Mississippi blues who, after learning guitar at age 11 from blues pioneer Robert Johnson, fused raw Delta chords, electric blues and urban funk; in Cleveland, Ohio. Teaming up in the 1940s with harmonica ace Sonny Boy Williamson, he made Arkansas radio's King Biscuit Time the most influential broadcast...
...DIED. Robert Altman, 81, prolific, curmudgeonly, irreplaceable renegade whose movies both defined and mocked the modern American spirit; in Los Angeles. Arriving in Hollywood after copiloting B-24 bombers in World War II, the Kansas City native kicked around the industry for nearly a quarter-century before directing MASH (1970), a ribald Army comedy set in the Korean War but offering a cynical take on U.S. involvement in Vietnam. MASH set the Altman attitude and technique: sprawling frescoes with crawling cameras, dozens of characters, overlapping dialogue, and a belief that life was way too messy and complex for ordinary film...
...back on grape yields. "It was a radical change, and some people thought we were mad," Pierre says. Francis Egly in Ambonnay is one of the most successful of these new producers; his Pinot Noir?based Blanc des Noirs caught the attention of American wine guru Robert Parker, who lists Egly-Ouriet, tel: (33-326) 57 00 70, as one of the top Champagne houses. Like Anselme Selosse of Jacques Selosse, tel: (33-326) 57 53 56, in Avize, Egly is struggling to keep up with demand; he only produces 100,000 bottles a year. Making Champagne, he says...