Word: rods
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...classic over Dirks's protests. "People will get sick of this stuff," he insisted. But the kids caught on, soon gathered the supporting cast that still appears in both strips: long-suffering Mama; Der Inspector, a white-bearded truant officer; and Der Captain, a seafaring disciplinarian ("Spare der rod und spoil der brat"), who is Mama's star boarder and the pranksters' perennial victim...
...Rod Serling's searing TV script, Sammy is four days away from "the biggest comedy show in the history of TV." He is surrounded by the usual coterie of chorines, con men, stooges and freeloaders. His head writer (Edmond O'Brien) plagiarizes to please him. His weakling brother (Mel Tormé) can neither escape him nor lick him. Even a fox-sly gossip columnist fails to frame him and concedes that he must wait for revenge until "six straight men send him along the route to the great producer up yonder." The unpleasant honesty of the climax makes...
...fairness it must be said that a series of bad breaks for Princeton which kept stars Rod Zwirner and Dick Knorr out of action helped the Crimson almost as much as several unexpected clutch performances. With Zwirner out, the varsity took the first three places in the two mile, while in Knorr's event, the weight, John DuMoulin and Pete Harpel took first and second...
Dartmouth's defense, the strongest part of its team, has Goggin and Don Thomas starting, with an equally effective pair, Tony Gittes and Phil Larson, in reserve. Sophomore goalie Dirk Frankenburg, who has come along very well through the season, will start in the nets. Two other sophomores, Rod Anderson and John Wadman, along with John Lanigan, make up the Green's starting line...
Then the grizzly Bruin players decided to show the chilled crowd in the Ice-house just why they have the reputation as the "roughest" team in the Ivy League. Forward Rod Dashaw took the first fight--and drew two penalties...