Word: cooks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looks up at all of his leading ladies. He is neither handsome nor intriguingly ugly, just nice looking, like millions of men in the paying public. But American audiences are now discovering what the British knew two decades ago. "He was known as Cuddly Dudley then," says Humorist Peter Cook, who collaborated with Moore through much of his career. "Whether women wanted to mother him or smother him, I don't know...
Moore became famous in 1961 when he teamed with three other Oxbridge grads-Cook, Miller and Alan Bennett-in the satirical review Beyond the Fringe. Moore's most brilliant contributions were at the keyboard, in a lampoon of Myra Hess playing the "Moonlight"Sonata and in a hilarious, dizzy bit about a pianist who is unable to conclude a coda to a florid piece. The show played for four years to packed houses, first in London, then in New York. When it ended, Moore and Cook went on to do a television series and five movies, including Bedazzled, their...
...Cook, who calls Moore "the Wee Wonder" and "the Megamidget," probably became as close to Moore as anyone ever has, but their relationship was sometimes stormy. "We always got along well together when we were alone," says Moore, "but sometimes when other people were around, there was a competition. One of us was always trying to get the better of the other and, in public, we each adopted a superior attitude. He was bored by my desire to please, and I scorned his relentless and perverse cynicism...
...they split up. Cook worked in London while Moore tried his luck in Hollywood. The following year he co-starred with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn as a sex-crazed swinger in the movie Foul Play. Since then he has never been idle, and rarely lonely...
...largest cash heist in U.S. history-from his former employer. Potamitis, who was on duty at Sentry on Dec. 12, 1982, the night of the robbery, claimed he had been overpowered by two men in ski masks during the heist. His alleged accomplices, George Legakis, 21, a part-time cook in a Queens diner, Demetrios Popadakos, 35, and Eddie Argitakos, 24, were also arrested and charged with bank larceny. The $11 million is still missing, but authorities said they were "optimistic" about recovering...