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...Geisel dreamed up a series of 3-5 min. animated comedies that taught soldiers proper behavior by showing them the very improper behavior and attitude of a certain recalcitrant draftee. SNAFU was a cocky doofus who looked like one of the Seven Dwarfs in uniform (say, Grumpy crossed with Dopey) and spoke with Bugs Bunny's voice (courtesy Mel Blanc). His refusal to obey the rules gets him into awful scrapes - he often ends up dead - and threatens to compromise the war effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Seuss on First | 3/2/2004 | See Source »

...cricket and public life. As a coach and tactician he was celebrated as an original thinker. As a media professional, he spurned objectivity; he took risks and was intemperate. A South African woman who made allegations of sexual harassment against Shane Warne was described by Hookes as ?a dopey, hairy-backed sheila.? Last June he called on Steve Waugh to step down as Test captain?a bold statement not likely to endear him to cricket?s official family or fans. His critics claimed he couldn?t play spin bowling; recently, admirers of his frankness said rhetorical spin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forever Young | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...fans. "I wanted to avoid [romantic] roles in my 20s," says Law, "because I didn't see much longevity in my career were I to take that path. I've not seen many films like that when guys come across as anything but shallow. It's all [in a dopey voice] 'I'm in loooove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: One Cool Jude | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...show's flimsy premise is that one member of the comedy duo, tired of being the overlooked straight man, wants to quit the act and put on a play he has written called "A Tight Squeeze for the Scarlet Pimple." This provides an excuse for a lot of dopey vaudeville patter, bad puns ("I Camembert it"), goofy songs, silly walks and men wearing dresses. Typical gag: the show's producer, Mike Nichols, is lampooned onstage as "Mike Tickles"; each time his name is mentioned, the fellow is tickled. This is the kind of aggressively lowbrow humor that American critics generally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway and Beyond: Three Shows That Probably Won't Save the Great White Way | 4/5/2003 | See Source »

...Spanish poet my sister had turned me on to, Juan Ram?n Jim?nez. It went like this: "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." I chose it both because it expressed my contempt for my structured surroundings ? la the classroom and because, not being some dopey quote from a rock group, I thought it marked me as literary. I was a member of the Chess Club and Chem Club and burned everything I tried to make in Mrs. Delminico's home ec class. My favorite teacher was Mr. Botte, who taught biology and liked to animate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: 'The Lovely Bones' | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

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