Jabberwocky - Language J116

DateMay 13 1973

Can DescriptionsJabberwocky J116 "Language"

AbstractJabberwocky; Language; JoBeth, Tucker, and Mr. B play games with the words they use; theme song and visuals; JoBeth and Tucker practice a play for Dirty Frank; Frank says he doesn't understand the metaphors and figures of speech used in the play; they explain but then he says its just plain terrible; black screen breaks; a game called "What's the Word" is played; Mr. B shows Dirty Frank some items he has invited: a hat band, sponge cake, a place for sleeping pills, a fur collar coat, eyeglass, a hammer for toenail, a gun with a hair trigger, a ball gown, Alphabet Soup for eating your own words, dog eared book, and then Mr. B points out all the things that have the same name but are different from one another; Tucker and the kids play a game with pictures and naming what they mean; the kids tell riddles, and then they listen to a version of "who's on first";

OtherIn the studio JoBeth Williams, Peter Johnson, Bob Prosky, Tucker Smallwood, Paul Jones, Gail Frank, Dan Kolsrud, Andrew Smith, Jill Katz, Shelagh Gordon, Bob Tingle David Lawless, Carol Reichenbach, Jerome Kagan, Lonny Carton, Tom Jurkoski, David Lucas, David Lucas, Howie Rouse, Leon Goldman, Peter Sinatra, Ted Talanian, Lorraine Forte, Brian Pellicano, Keith Jardine, Mike Barbarita, Pete Walent, George Nahas, Frank Quinn, Ron Schindler, Curt Reichenbach, Al King, Ed Paolino, David Buhl, Roger Rice, Cal Hoyle, Mary Newsham, Mat Rovner, Gregg Kidd, Alex Frisbie, Jim Lowell, George Ellard, Bill McArthur, Geoff Sullivan Len Pray, Paul Clark. Rob Roy, Scott Obreza;