Word: thurberism
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...Years with Ross, Thurber...
Goodyear Theater (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). James Thurber's story Christabel, about a little girl whose dog eats all the heads off the asparagus in daddy's suburban garden...
...James Thurber's pipe-dreaming hero never imagined himself conducting a symphony orchestra, but thousands of his spiritual prototypes have. To accommodate them, RCA Victor last week issued a package that encourages the hi-fi fan to do his armchair conducting openly and with proper equipment, rather than furtively with a pencil. The package: Music for Frustrated Conductors, complete with instructions manual and a 16¾-in. baton...
...wolves threatened to civilize the rabbits if they didn't behave," Thurber relates, "and the rabbits decided to run away to a desert island...
...Thurber's tale, the wolves finally tied up all the rabbits in a cave. The other animals noticed they were missing and began to ask questions. The wolves replied that the rabbits had been eaten, and since they had been eaten it was a purely internal matter. "They were escapists," said the wolves, "and, as you know, this is no world for escapists...