Word: skitch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Stokie, conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, is an old hand at the game. He patiently drilled his musicians for the day when he could talk his neighbors, the New York Philharmonic, into a friendly match. So there he was zinging in the first ball while Umpire Skitch Henderson scrutinized his style. Even though the Philharmonic had a ringer in sometime triangle player George Plimpton, Stokowski's sluggers drummed out a 15-10 victory. "They're younger," allowed a Philharmonic musician. Not so, snapped the maestro: "When we play a game...
...Skitch Henderson and his orchestra playing the traditional tunes...
...showed the crowd a few pointers in a $10 tight-fitting white knit turtleneck. Rufus Cass, a Cavalier King Spaniel owned by Comedienne Peggy Cass (To Tell the Truth), trotted out in a snappy Garbo trench coat and green velvet beret designed for Special Farces. Mimi and Camille Henderson, Skitch's miniature poodles, sported twin $150 red mole coats that were belted at the waist, and Buffee Gore, Singer Lesley Gore's poodle, hit a high note with a vicuna snow suit with red trim...
...settles down to talk to guests ranging from Bob Hope and California Governor Pat Brown to book-plugging authors and bust-pushing starlets. Like aspirin, the ingredients are all known-story-topping sessions with fellow comedians, the all-out effort from the unknown singer, back talk from Bandleader Skitch Henderson. And, like aspirin, it is fast-acting, pain-relieving, and generally pleasant...
...cake for the oven -this time with Leontyne Price towering over both score (excerpted songs) and cast (William Warfield, McHenry Boat-wright). The recording is rich, the singing is fine, and the livin' is easy-at least for those who can bear the thought of Price singing under Skitch Henderson's baton...