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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...real action is in the roomfuls of coin-operated electronic games designed to divert, amuse and swallow the quarters of customers waiting for their pizzas to cook. Even more entertainment is provided, free of charge, by troupes of singing, talking, joke-telling robots dressed up to resemble Muppet-like characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Pizza Dough | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

According to Gene Cook, Mud Hen general manager, folks like Ford and Pfund have become more prevalent since the onset of the baseball strike--he's received many inquiries from groups hundreds of miles away, who travel en masse to Toledo. About 15 people from the metropolitan Detroit area, who consider themselves "baseball fanatics," were on hand Saturday, having travelled via caravan to the gravel lot--free parking--outside the stadium...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Mud Hen Fever | 7/31/1981 | See Source »

...have it so that everyone in Toledo has a chance to see the Mud Hens for free," says Cook, who has raised attendance since joining the Mud Hens to a current average of about 3000 per game. One popular attraction offered often at the park is; Quarter-a-Beer night. Instead of causing inebriated havoc like such nights have preserved major league parks in the past, the nights are always a big success at Lucas County Stadium. "We got a policy--we try to let them all have a good time. If it ever gets to be a problem...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Mud Hen Fever | 7/31/1981 | See Source »

Network's phenomenal success is due, in large measure, to Hollender's shrewd ability to live off the fad of the land. Network offers a class, for instance, on how to crack crossword puzzles. Gourmets can learn to concoct Japanese raw fish delights or cook a vegetarian Chinese dinner. Singles can practice "Love Strategies for the Successful Woman" and find "Fifty Ways to Meet Your Lover." Those interested in other figures can learn how to incorporate their own businesses, make investments under $2,000 and even read the financial page of a newspaper. People who want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fast Food for the Brain | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...thinking about them makes me feel like I have swallowed shit. I mean, a rat or a maggot is better than the best white cat who ever drew breath. Just looking at those things makes me want to spit up. Everything they do is rotten." Or this from a cook: "These people hide their dirt or make everybody lie and say their dirt is not dirt or they lie to us about their dirt. I know these are the rottenest people on God's earth, and they know it too. But as long as they can get folks...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Bitter And No Sweet | 7/24/1981 | See Source »

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