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...only made me pick my appropriately named torture. I had the options of "interval training" (intervals of two weeks, I hoped), "Pike's Peak" (for those who exercise in hiking boots instead of Reeboks), "random" (for my house assignment), "manual control" (for Gov. concentrators), "roller coaster" (the machine does a 360 while you climb), "lunar landing" (so you can space out while exercising) or "steady climb" (for underachievers...
...opted for roller coaster, reasoning that I could reasonably justify eating some cotton candy later. With all of the flashing lights and beeps, I thought it could be like a Nintendo for pre-professionals--pop a cartridge in and step all over the little stock market analysts...
...First, many of the shows are not very good, and once they are set, there is no opportunity to enhance them. Second, because admission is covered by a general entry fee, some spectators are just looking for a place to sit down, especially if the wait for a roller coaster is long, the day is hot and the theater is indoors and air-conditioned. As a result, their tastes may be unsophisticated. Says David Felty, 25, an Opryland singer who will appear on Star Search, a syndicated TV series featuring aspiring performers: "The audiences like songs they already know. Also...
...Faster, higher and wilder rides are roaring into amusement parks. These megacoasters use computer technology and sophisticated engineering to create rides that send coaster enthusiasts reeling and keep them coming back for more and more...
Even the long-neglected theatrical short is making a comeback. Disney has resurrected Roger Rabbit in two cartoon shorts (the latest, Roller Coaster Rabbit, is being shown this summer with Dick Tracy). Warner Bros. is about to release its first new Bugs Bunny cartoon in 26 years, and Disney is readying a Mickey Mouse featurette for later this year. Meanwhile, the American Multi- Cinema theater chain has begun showing old Looney Tunes shorts in all 1,700 of its movie houses. "For the past two decades I thought of animation as a desert," says Spielberg. "Suddenly what was a mirage...