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Television programs of the 80s touched the heart. From Vicki, everyone's favorite daughter-robot from "Small Wonder," to the dim but lovable Rose Nylon from "Golden Girls," to the naive yet shrewd Balki Bartokomous from "Perfect Strangers," the characters of touchy-feely 80s sitcoms were remarkably diverse. But were their shows as versatile? Pairings of several of the decade's television masterpieces may force American cultural scholars and historians to dub the period the "Imitation...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: '80s Television: It's All In the Family | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

...Perfect strangers": Cousin Larry's scheme to "get out of the city" for a romantic weekend with the girls takes a sour turn. Surrounded by country side, Balki is emotionally transported back to Mepos, his home village. Suddenly he recalls his allegiance to the Warsaw Pact. In a fit of Violence , Balki slays Cousin Larry uttering the words "die ze capitalist goat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovy train | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

Worst recent economic news for Germany came last week from the Eastern Front as the Red Army captured Balki, only 25 miles southeast of Nikopol. For the past two years the Germans have been getting more than half of their manganese from the Nikopol mines-about 200,000 of the 375,000 tons which their war industry requires each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Crime in Liquidation | 11/8/1943 | See Source »

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