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...fact, only 12 million people tuned in Wednesday night to see the premiere of Fox’s newest attempt to capitalize on America’s covert voyeurism. But clearly voyeurism is no match for genuine innovation. As a point of comparison, 50 million viewers watched the final episode of Survivor, the now legendary benchmark for reality...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, | Title: When TV Networks Attack | 1/12/2001 | See Source »

...actor plays the straight guy surrounded by a bunch of lunatics. Nicky is a goodhearted, likeable little scamp, but rarely are the terms goodhearted and likeable associated with comedy. The supporting cast, however, is terrific and surprisingly quite respectable. Ifans, gleefully overacting, makes a magnificently wicked Adrain. Allen Covert, a Sandler movie staple, is also hilarious as Nicky's flamboyant roommate on earth. Rodney Dangerfield cameos as Satan's sardonic father, who spits out one-liners faster than one can shove can shove a pineapple up Hitler's posterior (don't ask; just see the movie...

Author: By Dan Fox, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Little Nicky Provides Big Laughs | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

...together. We do know with Covert that we like to have him just be uncomfortable for a few days. Not the fact that he was gay, but the fact that he had to shave the top of his head and gain a lot of weight - that was fun, to humiliate him. And he was in _Happy Gilmore_ we made him grow a beard and be dirty. And in _Wedding Singer_ we made him comb his hair different and wear a Michael Jackson jacket. And we had him make out in Big Daddy with our other guy. That...

Author: By Jordan I. Fox, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Soul-Searching Interview with Adam Sandler | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...Actually, what we do is we sit in a room and try to beat out an outline for the movie. Say, you know, we come up with a story line. Actually, on this movie, me and Hurleyhee were writing and Covert was helping and Jack, our producer. And we didn't have a flow going, and we called this guy Steve Brill up, and he actually rejuvinated us and got us a good story line. And we all jamed together on that. It's just trying to make each other laugh. Trying to have the script make some sense...

Author: By Jordan I. Fox, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Soul-Searching Interview with Adam Sandler | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...Palestinians have their own brand of covert operations too. Israeli and Palestinian security sources believe that Hamas bombers are planning attacks against Israel. An Islamic Jihad activist blew himself up near an Israeli outpost in Gaza last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel's Secret Police Weapon | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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