Word: fats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sampson has something for just about everybody. Many of his patients are sent by doctors who have listened to his public presentations or have caught on to him by word of mouth. Some are doctors themselves. Lists of his patients include lawyers, housewives, fat people, smokers, jocks and wonks. "I had a guy come to me last fall who was a football player for Worcester Tech. Now here was an interesting case," Sampson says as he eases into a story. Apparently, this guy was a superb practice punter, but when it came to games he always shanked his kick...
...Actress Lucille Ball, 65, still boasts the same trim figure she had when she first came to Hollywood as a Goldwyn Girl in 1934. But to impersonate Singer Sophie Tucker on Bob Hope's All-Star Tribute to Vaudeville (NBC, March 25), Ball donned a special "fat suit." "I always admired Sophie's elegant arrogance," says Ball, who carefully practiced Tucker's mannerisms and purposeful strut across the stage. But Lucy could not master Sophie's sweeping bow. "When you take a fast bow in a fat suit, you pitch forward," she explains. "That bow almost...
...incessant humiliation, a wry humor that disguises itself as self-mocking wrath and a shyly proffered love that he knows will be drowned like an unwanted kitten. Directed with unswerving authority by Robert Drivas, James Coco has reached the pinnacle of his career as a poignant martyr of fat...
...Golden Door, a chic fat farm in Escondido, Calif., Chef Michel Stroot wondered what he would do now to sweeten the evening's dessert for his chubby clientele. At a Weight Watchers clinic in Manhattan, Michael Fiorentino, 38, a veteran dieter, vowed that he would travel to Europe, if necessary, to replenish his supply. At offices of the American Diabetes Association, telephones rang almost continuously as anxious callers sought advice. In Brooklyn, the Cumberland Packing Corp. suspended production of its product, Sweet 'n Low, then resumed it to meet suddenly booming demand. On the New York Stock Exchange...
jealous, too thin, too fat...