Word: flopped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last spring. At that time, the original Proposition was running out of gas. The show had started with a small group of Harvard people, but the founder and original director, Jerome Leven, had left to form The Light Company, which had turned out to be as much of a flop as the Proposition has been a success. The cast was tired, and spent a lot of time anguishing over what was wrong. But the show kept going, and the laugh count, despite the problems, kept building...
Simpson is unquestionably more talented as an athlete than an actor, but to date, at least, he seems to have a better shot at an Emmy than at the Rookie of the Year award. Not that O.J. has been a flop on the field. Buffalo Bills Coach John Rauch boasts that the only thing his fleet young halfback cannot do is walk on water. After two fitful performances, O.J. finally showed his wares last week, carrying the ball 24 times for 110 yds. and catching five passes -one for a touchdown-as the Bills defeated the Denver Broncos...
...girl who upsets his ordered life. Neil Simon's The Last of the Red Hot Lovers brings three women into the life of a paunchy seafood restaurateur (James Coco). After six hits in a row, the tantalizing question about Simon is: Can he ever write a flop...
...Frank, he lasted out the early days of the Depression on hustle and odd jobs, then began singing his own songs for his supper at an East Side night spot. That led to the Broadway revue, The Illustrators (1936), for which he wrote five songs. The show was a flop, but it earned him a Hollywood offer. With Hoagy Carmichael, he wrote Small Fry for Bing Crosby and Two Sleepy People for Bob Hope. Loesser later wrote both words and music for such hits as / Wish I Didn't Love You So; Baby, It's Cold Outside...
...much as an extra pound of flesh to stick to the old shirtdress. Steven Brody, one of the innovators of the Cadoro breastplate (see color pages), recalls with disdain an overendowed woman in a see-through blouse: "It was not appetizing. There she was, just bouncing along. Flippety flop." Designer Jon Haggins, himself a slim, trim 165 Ibs., adds that "our customer has to be between 19 and 35, with a firm body, not absolutely flat and not busty either...