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Johnny Carson calls this movie "an industrial-strength laxative." He should know-for The Cannonball Run is like the Tonight show on wheels, full of Carson regulars poking fun at their TV-bred images. Burt Reynolds outsmarts the smokeys; Farrah Fawcett sounds like a Barbie doll who's swallowed helium; Sammy Davis Jr. flashes his Chiclets; Jamie Farr does Arab jokes; Dean Martin gooses Dom DeLuise. Reynolds avers that this will be his last redneck rollicker. Wanna bet? He was paid a reported $5 million for moseying through Cannonball, which opened to the third highest grossing weekend business...
...such miracle came to save Charlie's Angels, for that installment, to be shown June 24, is the 109th and last. At its height, the show was consistently among the top five, ogled by an estimated 36 million people. Its first heroine, Farrah Fawcett, previously known primarily as a model for Ultra-Brite toothpaste and Wella Balsam shampoo, became almost overnight the biggest star in the business. Her poster image adorned thousands of dormitory walls, and thousands of gum-chewing adolescents imitated her long, layered hairdo. But celebrity was an ordeal. Armed guards had to be hired to keep...
...women in the audience came to identify themselves with the fantasy heroines, who at first had seemed so abused but who did work at difficult jobs, solve problems and bring criminals (usually men) to justice. "They saw three attractive ladies beating up bad guys," says Cheryl Ladd, who replaced Fawcett after the first season. "But it was bloodless and harmless. We were very feminine while karate-chopping our way through life...
...them on in their efforts to play scenes that often crumbled into self-parody. "It seems like we did the same old script over and over," says Ladd, "dope runner, crazy family, etc." It was because of that guileless amiability that the show so easily survived the departure of Fawcett: Ladd not only looked just as nice, but she joined the preposterous chase scenes with an enthusiasm that would have done credit to a beagle pursuing a tennis ball...
...million and a percentage of the profit) as soon as he can. In the meantime, for Brooke, what delights does life hold? "Studies," says Teri firmly. At this point a reporter, digging deep for a question, asks whether there will be a Brooke doll, as there was a Farrah Fawcett doll. "Yeah," says the enchanted child, sounding for the moment like any put-upon teenager. "Wind it up and it goes to school." -By John Skow...