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...cities where corporal punishment is already outlawed, the rod will stay spared. But in places where it is allowed, inveterate misbehavers will still get theirs in the end-along with a fairer shake of the hickory stick...
...Even the fishing trips must have become a dispiriting confirmation of the mortality he hated to acknowledge, a further assault on the pride he took in past feats of skill and stamina. In 1957 he had been named national amateur fishing champion for catching a 712-lb. tuna with rod and reel, the largest ever landed by rod in Spanish waters. He also boasted of shooting 8,420 partridges in one year...
...Stranger in a Strange Land. (How would you portray "groking?" Who would accept a giant sandworm in a serious film?) Some of the finest science fiction on film was specifically written for that medium. Ironically, Ellison himself is responsible for some of the better television screenplays: "Soldier" on Rod Sterling's Twilight Zone, a chilling preview of a war-wracked future through the eyes of a genetically engineered warrior, fleeing his opponents through time travel; and an excellent script for Star Trek, "A City At the Edge of Forever...
...those staying around Boston in spite of the three-day week-end, Columbus day holds a special treat in store. Rod Stewart and the Faces will be performing at the Garden to help celebrate the discovery of America. Although the Faces aren't doing anything new, they still churn out plenty of good time rocking and their leadisinger continues to be one of the more dynamic personalities in rock music. Incidentally, thus could well be the last time Stewart will be performing with his mates, as Ron Wood's Ston/Face dulemma has been a continual threat to the group...
Directed by RALPH NELSON Screenplay by ROD AMATEAU and HAROLD NEBENZAL