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When Red Skelton does a nightclub or television show, a man with a towel stands by at all times in case Red's stomach suffers one of its frequent reactions to the strain. Throughout the performance, whether he is Clem Kaddiddlehopper or Cauliflower McPugg, his characters have at least one thing in common: they are all but afloat in nervous perspiration. Red trembles and his eyes are alight with tears as, in the end, he inhales his grand ration of applause; and the people who swarm backstage for his autograph find an obliging man, usually dressed...
...many of them students off to tour Canada, were hired as stewards, stewardesses, waiters and kitchen hands. Among them was the Rev. Alan Greene, 70, a master mariner who used to pilot his own Anglican missionary ship along Canada's west coast. As he reported for work, towel over his arm, he quipped: "What a life! From ship's captain to dumb waiter...
...leaders at the turn. But as he sprinted home, he struck a lane marker with his arm and for a moment floundered off-rhythm. He closed fast, and the finishing order was in doubt - to everyone but himself. Even before the announcement, he buried his face in a towel and moaned: "Why didn't I have it? Why didn't I have it?" First was California's Lance Larson in 55 sec.; second was Harvard's Bruce Hunter in 56 sec. Farrell was third, .1 sec. behind...
...errors continue to pile up. Messrs. Smith (Sir Toby) and Whitehead (Sir Andrew) insist on accenting "exquisite" on the second syllable; and their extended byplay with a bath-towel completely distracts from Malvolio's crucial letter-reading scene. As Malvolio, Richard Waring--as fine a classical speaker as any actor in the company--is vastly over-directed in his climactic cross-garter scene. One of the points of this scene is that Olivia abhors the color of yellow, yet she keeps training in and out carrying a yellow rose. After her marriage, reference is made to her wedding ring...
...year-old son. As the Rodeckers walked by, a maid in the Gabel's eighth-floor apartment began removing a screen from a window. The screen-a substitute for an air conditioner that had gone out of whack-was propped in place by a couple of towel-wrapped dumbbells. The maid removed one of the dumbbells but the oth er, an eight-pounder, rolled down the windowsill. The maid lunged to grab...