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Word: drivel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast, Married is a truly disgusting show about wretched people. "Love" never enters into it. This "family" would probably benefit from nice, Kramer-style divorce. And as for the American Sitcom, this show represents everything that is mediocre--no, reprehensible--about the drivel that nightly spews from our television sets. It is the dry heaves, the putrid bile that remains after Roseanne purges her undigested pop culture...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Rosanne's Vomit | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

...sure, many TV shows are drivel. But using them to indict all of television is intellectually dishonest, NBC's decision to air Manimal doesn't make L.A. Law a bad show. Anyone who mentions Hard Copy and Nightline in the same breath is simply an idiot. If you watch Nova you'll learn something; if you watch Freddy's Nightmares, you won't. It's just common sense...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein., | Title: Stop the TV-Bashing | 5/17/1991 | See Source »

...Route 66," slowed the pace of the jam down to a kinder, gentler speed. Clarence Ewing's smooth solo was perfect for this number, and the group's shift at the end into French lyrics added spark to a tune that could have been just another tepid piece of drivel. "Daddy's Home" followed, featuring Toby Blackwell and Kenya Thompson in a rich, mellow duet...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Opportune Performance | 4/25/1991 | See Source »

...ideal world, the Lampoon would show more respect for the well-being of life forms more intelligent than most of its members. (Well, not exactly. In a truly ideal world, the Lampoon would stop littering our campus with inane drivel and go into a more respectable business. Organized crime, perhaps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Do Unto Others... | 4/23/1991 | See Source »

...memory during a boat explosion and has been living in a rich, evil nunnery owned by Demiris. "It's too bad I can't afford to let her live," he whispers to empty air. "But first -- my vengeance I'm going to enjoy myself with her." Reading Sheldon's drivel offers an important reassurance: travelers who stick with Demiris and Catherine till the end can endure whatever misery the airlines throw at them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wide-Bodies On the Runway | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

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