Word: finger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that position where you're gonna get killed, and you'll do anything to survive. And look what I did to survive. I went on that stand 30 times, and it killed me. I loved some of them guys. And I had to -- boom, boom, boom, boom -- point the finger and bury them...
Johnny Carson and Ted Koppel have gone to bed and so has the Ziploc talking finger. But late night is when TV's hucksters really get humming. Amazing baldness cures and miracle weight-loss plans. Kitchen tools and anticellulite treatments. Self-help courses and get-rich-quick schemes. Stick around: you'll learn all about Citrus Miracle, a spray cleaner made from "100% natural oranges," able to wipe out everything from oven grease to carpet stains. Or share a few teary minutes with Richard Simmons as he travels the country getting testimonials from converts to his Deal-a-Meal diet...
...Life Music currently runs pitches for collections of hits from the Big Band era and the rock-'n'-roll years.) They will never supplant The Simpsons or Entertainment Tonight, but in fringe time periods, infomercials could become Madison Avenue's next hot format. Half an hour with the Ziploc finger: now that would be amazing...
...course, exactly the opposite is true. NASA has wasted years and billions. Canceling the space station would be the best thing that ever happened to NASA's credibility. But it would take real leadership, as opposed to the kind we've been getting, which consists of waving a finger in the air and saying...
Lizbeth Andujar traces a line of sheet music with a finger as her other hand lightly taps against the side of a set of white steel drums. "Try one line until you get it and then increase the speed," the diminutive eighth-grader advises Aki Shimizuishi. "Take your time, get the notes, know where they are, and then get the beat." Aki, 17, looks down at the short alto drums, which are cut from large oil containers. He strikes a few of the notes with thin, rubber-tipped metal mallets and winces when the tone doesn't sound quite right...