Winchell Looks To New Roles For His Aging Dummies
Paul Winchell, the ventriloquist behind Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, imagines aging the dummies to fit today’s world and possibly a TV special. He also pursued the artificial heart, earned a biomedical doctorate, and now voices Gargamel in the Smurfs and Marmaduke cartoons while exploring pain management and writing.
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Knucklehead Smiff
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Knucklehead
Norman Lear
Columbia University
University of Utah
Food and Drug Administration
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Poco Emphasizes Country on Cowboys & Englishmen
Poco shifts toward country with Cowboys & Englishmen on MCA Records. The band explores two original songs by Rusty Young alongside covers like Sea of Heartbreak and Ribbon of Darkness, delivering stronger vocals and banjo driven instrumentation.
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John Logan
Sun Records
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Tyne Daly Takes On Cagney and Lacey Series
Tyne Daly discusses accepting a CBS Cagney and Lacey weekly series after a six week trial. She describes preparing personally before the shoot and notes the show will focus on relationships between the two women as a balance to action.
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Nicholson Seeks Color Beyond Predictable Roles
Wayne Robins profiles Jack Nicholson amid two recent film roles The Border and The Postman Always Rings Twice noting his effort to avoid predictability by shaping characters with counterpoint and depth He discusses action scenes and audience reception across continents and his approach to method acting.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington Post News Service
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Eugene O’neill
Louise Bryant
Diane Keaton
John Reed
Warren Beatty
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James M. Cain
Charlie Smith
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