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...scene from the book is played almost verbatim in the film. Sidney reads an advance copy of J.J.'s column, sees that he has praised Herbie Temple, an old vaudeville comic, and learns that J.J. ran the bit without a press agent's urging - simply because he thought the fella was funny. Sidney rushes over to tell the comic he can get him a mention in J.J.'s column, then makes a phony phone call, pretending to dictate to J.J. the exact item that will appear later in the day. The novelette has a twist not in the film...
...trio (always a bad sign) responsible for the new POTA?s blueprint had to have a different ape start the simian civilization, apparently just so the little fella could return for a truly ludicrous deux-ex-machina moment in the middle of the grand battle for planetary control - and so Davidson can borrow the pod and still get back home to wifey in time for dinner with the Feldmans. And the fact that home isn?t what he remembered is the kind of out-of-left-field "surprise" ending that gets mystery writers beat up at Ellery Queen conventions...
...fantasy language of film, it was the most natural thing for a fella and a gal to burst into song. Just about everybody sang: Cagney, Gable, the Marx Brothers, every cowboy from Gene Autry to John Wayne. And when the stars didn't sing, they danced. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers not only taught the nation new steps but, dancing cheek to cheek, they put love in motion. They defined la belle, la perfectly swell romance...
...drum up a lady-and-the-tiger dynamic between the cowboy and the movie star. Didn't seem to fit - she's the predator, and in it for the hoochie, and she'll find plenty of people to throw overboard before she parts with the strong, good-looking fella. That betrayal's at least eight weeks away...
...ANSWER FELLA, Esquire's advice guru: "A boil, like an angry mob of Floridians, is an ugly sight, but nothing that Rutherford B. Hayes--whose postelection carbuncles were legend--couldn't overcome. Forget antibiotics. Trust the people's wisdom: Apply slices of raw bacon wrapped in gauze to the boil, and no matter what, avoid hand recounts...