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...writing sophisticated sketches on SNL. Ever since I started Conan, I've been really silly." And lucky. After The Dana Carvey Show tanked in 1996, Smigel had enough money saved to write only when inspiration struck. He salvaged his Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoon (about a superhero combo that is really close) from Carvey and started making episodes for SNL. That, and his work on Late Night as Triumph, the insult comic dog (whose catchphrase is "For me to poop on!"), spawned TV Funhouse. "I have this strange career where I bounce around between these two late-night shows and movies...
...this past weekend, the other half of Harvard's spectacular goalkeeping combo, sophomore Paul Tselentis, sat out the clinching games after recovering from a frightening seizure...
...lede's a combo: "George W. Bush returned to the theme of compassionate conservatism on the campaign trail yesterday and his campaign launched a new ad accusing Al Gore of 'bending the truth,' as the two presidential candidates scoured for votes in California and two other crucial West Coast states. Gore focused yesterday on Bush's proposed...
...Trailers: One of the best sources for Lewis's films on VHS/DVD is Movies Unlimited (moviesunlimited.com). Although some titles mentioned above were never issued on video, and "Gun Crazy" is currently unavailable, "The Big Combo," "Terror in a Texas Town," and a number of other Lewis titles are in plentiful supply. For information on Lewis's career, the best places to go are Peter Bogdanovich's "Who the Devil Made It" and Francis M. Nevins Jr's "Joseph H. Lewis: Overview, Interview, and Filmography...
...While "Gun Crazy" was Lewis's own favorite of all his films, many crime-movie aficionados revere his superb noir "The Big Combo" (1955). The film contains absolutely exquisite visuals, courtesy of Lewis and top noir cinematographer John Alton, but its most distinctive quality is the way in which the bad guy, Richard Conte, perpetually outshines straight arrow Cornel Wilde. Conte is charming, determined (his credo: "First is first and second is nobody!"), and very, very suave as gangster "Mr. Brown," whereas Wilde is a bore as his police detective nemesis. It's no wonder then that Lewis loved...