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Did anyone actually see the 200 Elvis Presley impersonators? I mean live, not a la ABC. And what do 200 Elvis impersonators have to do with the Statue, or Independence Day?
ONE FINAL THOUGHT--I wonder if anyone sitting on a boat in the harbor was thinking of the significance of the statue, or Independence Day, or the struggles of immigrants. Or were they gazing, as I am, at the Statue of Liberty and pondering Iaccoca, the High Heel Coordinator, and...
All this goes on against a drumbeat of criticism. Wolper has been savaged for glitzy overkill and for commercializing the statue by selling TV rights to ABC for $10 million. The other networks, furious, forced ABC to share the news events. His equanimity strained, Wolper bridles at talk that he...
Adams anticipated the pomp and ceremony and would no doubt have appreciated Wolper's efforts to bring forth tears and goose bumps from the masses huddled around the New York City waterfront for Friday's spectacular fireworks. But he could not have imagined the 200 Elvis Presley look-alikes who...
For the closing gala that night, Wolper will stage a kind of macro-Ed Sullivan show. The production calls for a 20-tier stage, waterfalls, lasers and a cast of 12,000, not counting the thousands in the audience who will participate in a flashlight stunt. Performers include the Statue...