Word: dangerfields
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...musicians are on strike against five casinos that want to replace them at least some of the time with audio tapes and synthesizers. The musicians are getting tremendous support within the community -- 87% of the callers to a local TV talk show applauded the strike. Performers like Rodney Dangerfield, Connie Francis and Dionne Warwick have canceled their shows. Lounge lizards like Sammy Davis Jr. and Tony Orlando have vowed not to cross the picket lines...
...historical references is The Common Man. Part Greek Chorus, part Johnny Carson, The Common Man (Elliot Thomson) not only appears in every other scene but also has some of the best lines in the play. Donning the guise of a dozen different rogues, Thomson acts in true Rodney Dangerfield fashion, claiming he doesn't get any respect as the resident commoner. Thomson, however, has no problems gaining the audience's respect. With his sassy sarcasm and bemused wit he has the audience at his feet...
...Rodney Dangerfield should have been a spiker...
...Bush's own acceptance speech was peppered with such put-downs as "I'll try to be fair to the other side; I'll try to hold my charisma in check." The aim is both to lower expectations and defuse the critics with humor. But does anybody want Rodney Dangerfield for President...
...Harvard women's tennis team is the Rodney Dangerfield of the national collegiate circuit. It keeps winning, but no one has given the Crimson its deserved recognition...