Word: counterman
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...graphics. Whoever designs the lead-ins to the various programs deserves a Milton Glazer Award for ingenuity and elegance. Osborne used to be fanfared with a shot of the grand (and imaginary) TCM Building, a Deco marvel. The late-night movies are heralded by glimpses of a counterman at a diner, a woman seen dressing in a high window, a fellow waiting for customers in the ticket booth of a 24-hr. theater. The most elaborate intro assembled nearly 30 musicians on pieces of a bandstand assembled by workmen and coming together to create a sumptuous aural-visual orchestration...
...pilot, new siblings Annie (Shenae Grimes of Degrassi: The Next Generation) and Dixon (Tristan Wilds of The Wire) arrive as all-American kids trying to fit in among some of the wealthiest, most entitled teens in the 50 states. Along with Kelly, the Peach Pit and its jovial counterman Nat (Joe E. Tata), Shannen Doherty is also back as Brenda, in a guest spot directing the school play. Tori Spelling, who at one point was in discussions to reprise the role of Donna Martin, is no longer scheduled to appear, due to a combination of timing and salary concerns...
...minutes later, Seinfeld is holding a tray in the Time & Life Building's company cafeteria, waiting in line to order a cheeseburger. "And I'll take some of those waffle fries too," he says with a raised eyebrow to the counterman. Earlier, Seinfeld had said that "the danger for a successful comedian is to get a nice mansion in a gated community. You have to put yourself in harm's way, as I do." The counterman hands Seinfeld his burger. "Can I get a pickle with that?" he asks pleasantly...
...later turned his efforts to the poor and homeless. Though he won election to local and state offices, he said one of his happiest days was in '63--when he returned to that Savannah drugstore with his sons. They all spun on the stools even after the counterman closed the fountain down. Williams told them, "It's been a long time comin', boys, so let's enjoy...
...Scott in a condemned mining shack with four buddies -- no locks, no heat, cold water, expecting an eviction notice, in case he was getting comfortable (he heard the property has been sold for half a million). "There's no concept of the pain we go through," said Scott, a counterman who made it through -40 degreesF nights in a sleeping bag last year. "The town doesn't realize that the people who do their dishes and clean up after them have to live someplace...