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Word: daffyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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These days, nearly every popular movie wants to be a cartoon. For proof, check out 1989's five top hits: Batman; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Lethal Weapon 2; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Ghostbusters II. They all aspire to the freedom of form and story that any animated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Festive Film Fare for Thanksgiving | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Eastwood plays a fun-loving hard guy who captures fugitives who have skipped out on their bail money; cons a villain into believing he has won a date with Dolly Parton, then shows up in a limousine and arrests him; dresses up as a rodeo clown and nabs a bad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dippy Harry | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

The band, which has two featured singers and seven rambunctious musicians besides Don and his compadre David Was, has a distinctive, daffy humor, a rhythmic sense that is honed until it gleams and a stiff spine about matters of conscience. Once badgered by market-wary Geffen Records, as Don puts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chocolate-Covered Razor Blades And other treats from a fun funk band | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Was (Not Was) has a distinctive, daffy humor and a rhythmic sense that is honed until it gleams. -- A fight for control of Paris' new opera reaches fortissimo.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 5 JANUARY 30, 1989 | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Durer meets Daffy Duck, high fashion flutters beside wildflowers, and movie posters compete with Queen Mary' s dolls' house in a season' s pick that ranges from the opulent to the offbeat.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page December 19, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 5 | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

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