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Devon Square--Springfield St. Saloon, Inman Square...
Barbara Dacey--Springfield St., Saloon, Inman Square...
...nine, I took in an old CBS favorite, MASH, which, unfortunately is now showing its age. The plot, stretched thinly to cover the endless series of wisecracks from the ever-genial Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda), concerned the creation of an independent state in the camp saloon. MASH has developed a company, much like that of the lamented Mary Tyler Moore Show, which can sustain an occasional weak plot. After Flatbush, even mere competency would seem like The Tempest...
...committee has other choices, and most of them seem to follow the traditional pattern. Last year saloon-keeper and comic Rodney Dangerfield spoke at Class Day, and this year's committee has a slew of comedians and other entertainment figures in mind if first choice Trudeau--a Yalie--declines to show...
...full swing. Thereafter came such perennial draws as the Fruehauf Corp.'s mighty two-night bash, for which they trucked in Count Basie and band, as well as a disco combo, plus dance instructors to help unlimber the foxtrot generation; Thermo King's "Saloon," featuring the Great Jubilee Banjo Band and drawings for a radio-controlled miniature tractor-trailer for someone's lucky kid; and, of course, Mack Trucks' elegant soirée in the Trianon Ballroom, where a giant golden statue of its famous symbol, a bulldog, was displayed on the stage like an Inca...