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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's hockey team plays its second contest in three days tonight when it faces Northeastern in the opening round of the Beanpot Tournament at 7 p.m. in the Boston Garden...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: Icemen Face Northeastern In Beanpot Opening Game | 2/3/1969 | See Source »

This year, however, the Crimson has a favorable draw and momentum in its favor. B.C. and B.U. pair off in the other half of the draw tonight at 9 p.m. which means that Harvard will not face both powerhouses for the third consecutive year...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: Icemen Face Northeastern In Beanpot Opening Game | 2/3/1969 | See Source »

...Tonight's guest hosts, McMahon, a 6-ft. 3¾-in. 215-pounder with the face of a friendly brown bear, is "the Rock of Gibraltar" (Joan Rivers), or "my security blanket" (Newhart). Once, when Newhart and Guest Bobby Morse were lulling the audience to sleep with reminiscences, McMahon piped: "Gee, have you two ever thought about putting a book of these stories out?" Says Newhart: "The relief was marvelous. Bobby and I would have kept going all night if Ed hadn't saved us." Jerry Lewis tried to break Ed up during commercials and even kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Announcers: The Pitchman | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

...long before he was one of Philadelphia's best-known TV personalities. He met Carson on a trip to New York, and Johnny hired him in 1958 as his sidekick on ABC's Who Do You Trust? In 1962 Carson took him along to Tonight, and they have been sinking baskets ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Announcers: The Pitchman | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

...Dick Cavett, a former Tonight writer and more recently a guest host, says that "Ed has mastered a very tricky thing. It's like a man learning to dance well without leading. There is an unslick look to him, which is good. For an announcer, he seems human-and so often announcers don't because they are too well-spoken, too well-groomed and too regular-featured." He can be sharp and funny, even at Carson's expense. Last week, when the boss muffed an imitation of John Wayne, Ed cracked: "You sound like David Brinkley." Because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Announcers: The Pitchman | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

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