Word: famed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know the story of how the Clampett clan, after discovering oil in the middle of their Ozark swamp, signs a billion dollar deal and moves to Beverly Hills. Jed Clampett, played by Jim Varney of dubious "Ernest Goes to Camp" fame, decides his daughter, Elly May (Erika Eleniak), who spends her spare time wrestling bears, needs some refinement. So he takes her, Cousin Jethro, and Grannie to Beverly Hills to find a wife who will be a mother to Elly May. Oh, the daring...
Although the featured economists are already world-renowned, the release of the cards have brought some of them a new taste of fame...
While he could express himself on the court, off it he was a captive of his own role as a megacelebrity. So assailed was he by fans, autograph seekers, hangers-on and the usual detritus of pop fame that he would rarely leave the protection of his hotel room when he was on the road. At the same time, as the most popular corporate spokesman in America, he was stuck in the persona that marketing wizards had created for him: the smiling, aw-shucks athletic phenom whom you would gladly have over to your house for a breakfast of champions...
...movie dominates the whole, even though he has three short scenes in the second half before the denouement. Tatsuya Nakadai (of Sword of Doom, as students in Heroes for Zeroes may realize) radiates competence as the police in charge of the case. He resembles Dale Cooper, of Twin Peaks fame, complete with slicked back hair and stylish, dark suits...
...Radcliffe Orchestra, still yearns for a turtle or a fangless "medium snake." She still loves Billie Holiday, Brahms, and the dining services' honey glazed squash. And while fellow students have been known to shout "Sassy!" as she passes through the Yard, Malikah hasn't let these fifteen minutes of fame go to her head. "I think I'm sassy," Malikah says, "but I know lots of other people who are sassy...