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...making incredible money," he explains. "But nobody is targeting them as a market." Sylvester also observes that entertainers do not like commercial airlines and often vice versa. Says he: "Being on a long flight is like a personal appearance for a performer because he spends the whole time signing cocktail napkins." Also, fellow passengers and airline personnel tend to look askance at long-haired young musicians in first class-even if they happen to be millionaires...
...would be very tiring if I had to say, 'Would you like a cocktail?' and say that over and over. So I come out different for my own enjoyment. I would say, 'What's exciting at the bar that I can offer?' I can't say, 'Do you want coffee?' Maybe I'll say, 'Are you in the mood for coffee?' It becomes theatrical and I feel like Mata Hari and it intoxicates...
...past half year, Kalmbach has all but withdrawn from the cocktail circuit and the lush golf courses. He has denned up with his attractive wife-a former Rose Bowl princess-and one of their three children in their $100,000 house overlooking the lean white yachts tugging at anchor in the harbor. Last fall Kalmbach made the mistake of appearing at the 25th anniversary dinner of the Balboa Bay Club. As a director he was included in the testimonials, but when he stood to acknowledge his name, there was a pause of embarrassed silence followed by a timid patter...
...presence of twelve big-name athletes sent Rotonda citizenry into autograph apoplexy, and an unofficial school holiday allowed swarms of children to join the athlete hunt. Commercial sponsors flew in a small army of star-struck clients and customers to hobnob with the captive athletes at a poolside cocktail party. With the arrival of Howard Cosell, the stage was finally fully populated for a genuine pseudo event...
...action sequences are frequent but arthritic. Colleen Dewhurst - whom one hardly expects to find in such company-provides an agreeable cameo as a roundheeled cocktail waitress with a taste for cocaine. The Duke remains amiable and unruffled throughout, but it is a bit troubling to see him poaching so obviously on Clint Eastwood's loner-cop territory...