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...Raiders of the Lost Ark were the rage. This year, however, the networks have scarcely looked beyond their own backyard for inspiration. Along with the crime fighters, there will be the requisite batch of sitcoms, more romantic fluff from the Aaron Spelling factory, another in the parade of blooper shows (ABC's People Do the Craziest Things) and a weekly version of a hit NBC mini-series from last season, V. The only discernible outside influence is the rock-on-film trend, sparked by Fame, Flashdance and MTV. They have inspired one new series, CBS's Dreams...
...comments into antiphonal form: the lament of a hard-nosed cop will be answered by a raucous drag queen; the surreal anguish of Dan White (incarnated with creepy brilliance by John Spencer) will be followed by some wildly comic testimony that might have come from Carol Burnett's blooper barrel. Execution of Justice, directed by Oskar Eustis and Anthony Taccone, is a major work that seems to stand outside the perimeters of most Humana Festival plays. Yet its concerns are the same: to examine, with care and craft, the rending dynamics of American society. In life and art, these...
...Censored Bloopers #5 (NBC), rated ninth in the same week, was a virtual clone of Life's Most Embarrassing Moments, but with a salacious twist. The word censored in the title was intended to turn viewers into video voyeurs. The host, Dick Clark, slick and eternally adolescent, sniggered as clips were shown of an elephant's trunk probing a zoo warden's crotch and an overly affectionate orangutan tweaking a newswoman's breast.. On a clip from Hollywood Squares, the late Paul Lynde replied to a question about what can make a monkey cry: "Learning...
...third stanza Harvard busted the contest wide open, victimizing Gandy four times in three minutes. First a Tony Visone back-hander made it 4-0. Then a Mitch Olson blooper that popped out of Gandy's glove and a tricky sinker off Mark Fusco's stick led to a switch in the Dartmouth...
...said later. "The idea is just to keep the puck in the zone so [the goalie] can't get a new stick. "Sylvestri stopped one shot, a Mark Fusco blast from the point. But Turner passed the rebound back to Ken Code at the other point, who sent a blooper caroming off Scott Fusco's arm, off one goalpost and into the twines...