Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Congress, but this pitch had nothing to do with Nicaragua or the budget deficit. Instead, Ronald Reagan was at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium last week to deliver the ceremonial toss that marks opening day of the baseball season. The First Fan's first throw, aimed at Orioles Catcher Rick Dempsey, went wild. Then, as the crowd roared, "Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie!" the Gipper wound up and delivered a mitt- smacking strike that Dempsey described as a "good, hard fastball, sailing high." The President hung around the O's dugout for the first two innings, at one point devouring a mustard-smeared...
...school life, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, is nearly as lame. The problems start with the casting. As Spicoli, the spaced-out surfer played hilariously in the film by Sean Penn, Dean Cameron projects nothing more than a 5-o'clock shadow; a baby-faced Sean Penn lookalike, Patrick Dempsey, plays Damone, the school's cool con artist. Bummer...
...studios. This so-called first-run syndication business is flourishing right now. Among the biggest hits: Entertainment Tonight, Wheel of Fortune and People's Court. The Fox studio still lags behind such rivals as Paramount Television and Tribune Entertainment, an independent TV group that produces the cop opera Dempsey & Makepeace. 20th Century-Fox now makes only four shows for first-run syndication, including $100,000 Pyramid and Dance Fever. At the moment, Murdoch is in no hurry to assume the financial risk of turning out expensive first-run dramatic series, though he thinks the economics of such productions are improving...
Earlier that morning, the Rev. Thomas Dempsey stood before his parishioners in a park across the street from St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in St. Charles, Ill., and celebrated his first Mass since his return. "I would like to make the greatest understatement of my life," said the smiling priest, "when I say to you, I'm happy to be with you. It is fitting that we are meeting on July Fourth to celebrate the most precious gift we have, the priceless gift of freedom." All the while John Testrake was being driven home to Richmond...
Which is something that Dempsey--famous for his rain-delay wet-tarp antics--undoubtedly knows...