Word: cutely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trifle cute, perhaps-but irresistible to the inexhaustible supply of secret-agent fans. Lawyer David Baldwin, who owns International Exports, Ltd., with three other attorneys, all in their 30s, plans to make it even more irresistible. Though the discothèque is already drawing capacity crowds, he is selling 250 special memberships at $50 each; with membership come such added advantages as chauffeur service in a yellow 1933 Rolls-Royce limousine, private mailboxes hidden behind a movable wall on the premises, and a key to the back door. To ensure the proper ambiance, Baldwin and his partners are giving away...
...case an inferior imitation of the first song, Hafiteld stopped before he came to the spoken "baby I can't make it without you" section and quipped, "Okay, bring out the Oscar." Maybe the songs embarrass him so much that he has to let you know how silly and cute he feels singing them. All right, but the Righteous Brothers claim to be the white interpreters of Negro soul music; the thought of James Brown, the quintessence of soul, being anything but absolutely sincere about his own music is absurd. These two don't interpret; they capitalize. They collect their...
...hotel where there was a bake-off contest. All the women drove up in their tractors. Bert Parks was there. He sang the bake-off song. The judges consisted of Kate Smith." Or the time in England that she saw the Queen Mother. "She's so cute. I saw her walking in front of Clarence House in her miniskirt. She's looking, you know. After all, she's a widow, the kids are married now. They've all moved away. Meg, not far enough. Well, it's the old story: kings she wants...
Kaplan has played it completely crooked, milking laughs from every possible source--Charles Schulz, Ballantine beer signs, karate and sumo, and cute animals (it really is a charming cat)--except the text. The lines are raced through in a variety of singsongs. This, combined with the broad accents of the actors and the twisted rhymes of the text, make them nearly unintelligible. The production's only continuity lies in running gags...
...Cute, yes--but tall. Very tall. I can tell from the jaw: when the skin hangs like that, it means tall...