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Despite annual accusations, there are no more inside jokes at the Law School production than at the Hasty Pudding, Besides, these in-jokes are actually funny. Anyone who has ever spent the night in the Science Center can appreciate the repeated cameo appearances of a janitor who says, while pointing at the ceiling and nodding his head in a gesture that comprehends everything and nothing, "And when you finish, de lights?" Although technically legalese, lines like "I'm going to play with my model penal code" are accessible...

Author: By Valerie S. Binion and Gregory M. Daniels, S | Title: Legal Ease | 3/10/1983 | See Source »

...same name, it would be just the sort of hangout where Democratic Congressman Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill Jr., 70, might down a brew at the end of a rough day. After hearing that he thought so too, the producers invited O'Neill to tape a cameo appearance. For his TV acting debut, if one doesn't count the House's televised debates, O'Neill is hunched over the bar when George Wendt, 34 (the Speaker's favorite character in the series), plunks down beside him and heaves into a tirade on Washington. "This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 31, 1983 | 1/31/1983 | See Source »

WASHINGTON--House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. of Massachusetts plays himself in his television acting debut, a five-minute cameo appearance taped for the NBC comedy series "Cheers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cheer'ful Debut for House Speaker O'Neill | 1/19/1983 | See Source »

Silent Movie (1976): Just a cameo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: His Own Critic: Newman on Newman | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...Senator, is asked to portray his late father in Sting II, the follow-up to the 1973 original, The Sting. It stars Jackie Gleason, 65, and Mac Davis, 40, in the snap-brim, wing-tipped, confidence-man roles created by Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The Cameo. Playing papa in retirement, John's scene calls for him to grin as he is introduced in a crowded fight arena. The Fade-Out. "I climbed into the ring and waved at the screaming crowd," says John of his scene. "The roar of the crowd, the flush of blood-the sap begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 1, 1982 | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

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