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...uncle Sid Lotenberg-married to my grandmother's youngest sister-is red faced and wild. As my grandmother's friends arrive, he tells each one she is lovelier than the one before. They love it. During a lull, he leans his head my way and says, "I'm drunk as a coon...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

Dessert has come and gone. The final rites-toasts and speeches-are about to begin. Sid Lotenberg, at the end of the table, is the emcee. He stands up, attempts as best he can to get a semblance of quiet, and asks the crowd, "Does anybody know what was happening...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

There is of course, the possibility of moving DcMars to fullback, but that leaves you with sophomore Steve Hall and Sid Williams, a tough and very fast transfer fullback from Drake...

Author: By W. Decherd, | Title: The Rest Are Rained Out | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

...Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos (NBC) represent a vigorous attempt to utilize the freedom of cartoons, the whimsy of puppets and real actors. Heavily costumed, a group of slapsticians carom off each other, accompanied by raucous witches. The shows are uneven, but their comedy is genuine. The producers, Sid and Marty Krofft, are fifth-generation puppeteers whose initial success was the spicy adult show Poupées de Paris. Today several Krofft troupes tour the country. Claims Sid Krofft: "We were an adults-only show, and when the whole world went tits, we decided to go back to children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Who's Afraid of Big, Bad TV? | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

...Even a Shoe. Blanda has been getting his kicks in pro football ever since 1949 when he joined the Chicago Bears and played with such venerable old fry as Sid Luckman and Bulldog Turner. Son of a Youngwood, Pa., coal miner, George was signed out of the University of Kentucky for a measly $600­which Bear Coach George Halas demanded that he pay back if he made the team. He made it, playing linebacker and filling in as quarterback and place kicker. Never happy under Halas ("He was too cheap to even buy me a kicking shoe"), Blanda came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: George Blanda Is Alive and Kicking | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

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