Word: alum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will Myers, the Toronto native and Second City comedy alum who created the character and co-wrote the film, become the George Lucas of the '90s? Don't ask just now; the instant star is "having an out-of-body experience" relishing approval of a character he has played for more than 10 years. But he is modest about his achievement: "We just wrote something we thought was funny," he says, "and hoped the universe would accept...
Like the city of Cambridge, Franzen's characters embody many different facets and textures. His religious fundamentalist, Reverend Stites, is kind and smart. No matter how hard you try, you just can't hate him. Louis' sister Eileen--a B-School alum--is greedy and conniving, but she is more like a lost and pathetic child than anything else...
...SCTV alum Dave Thomas times two: as a luckless actor who plays a serial killer on a TV true-crime show, and as the real serial killer who gets revenge for the indignity. This cable special could have settled for simply lampooning America's Most Wanted, which it does to perfection. But it grew swiftly into a hilarious satire of America's celebrity obsession...
...SCTV alum Dave Thomas times two: as a luckless actor who plays a serial killer on a TV true-crime show, and as the real serial killer who gets revenge for the indignity. This cable special could have settled for simply lampooning America's Most Wanted, which it does to perfection. But it grew swiftly into a hilarious satire of America's celebrity obsession...
...feel much more important now that I graduated Harvard," one young alum told me in a slurred voice. "When I was at Harvard, you know, I wasn't anything special, because everyone else there went to Harvard, too. But in the real world, you know, I really am something special, because I'm a special person...