Word: fades
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Freberg's parodies continue to gleam even as their subjects fade into history. Arthur Godfrey, the hugely popular star of 1950s radio, was the target of a 1953 Freberg cut, never before released but included in the boxed set. Godfrey may be all but forgotten, but Freberg's gag about his obsequious sidekick, who answers every comment with a knee-jerk, "That's right, Arthur," sums up a century of show-biz sycophancy...
When we're young, we live our heroes' lives. As adults, we let these dreams fade. Yet we can still do some extraordinary things in faraway places--on vacation...
...also speak English without an accent. Instead of an unruly Afro or dread locks, I wear my hair in a lowcropped fade. And I prefer chocolate and milk to gin and juice. Like DiMaggio for Italians, I am one of the "good blacks...
...fourth-and-goal, Green ran a fade pattern to the back of the end zone. Collar lofted the ball, and Green made a great one-handed catch but landed just out-of-bounds to end the game...
Menick fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Holy Cross took over at the 21-yard line. The next play, sophomore wideout Kendy Hall ran a fade pattern--almost a mirror image of the one Green ran at the end of the game--and made a nice leaping catch to make the score 14-3 at 0:57, a mere 18 seconds after the first strike...