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...story of the turn-of-the-century Circus Maximillian (pun)--"the second greatest show on earth" (joke) whose low net profits (pun) are forcing it into the red. Alas, says owner Maximillian Bucks (pun), the show needs $1 million or the big top will flop. To raise the money, Bucks calls upon Natalie Yellowbud, tightropist, singer and airhead extraordinaire, to star in an extravaganza in honor of President Woodrow Wilson. Meanwhile, Walter Wall (pun), decides he can't bear life at the stockmarket any longer. After embezzling $1 million, the stockbroker splits (pun) with his secretary and runs...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: This Way to the Egress | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

...story of the Circus Maximillian (pun)--billed as "the second greatest show on earth" (joke)suffering from a case of low net profits (bad pun). Its owner, Maximillian Bucks (get it), decides to save the big top from a flop by having his star performer, Natalie Yellowbird, star in an extravaganza in honor of President Wilson. Throw in a Wall Street broker who embezzles $1 million from his secretary, a detective hot on their trail and a chorus of circus clones and, well, the plot thickens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Sisters, Thirty Trees | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Five months ago he was what Hollywood likes to call a complete nobody. A struggling comic, he had passed virtually unnoticed through improvisational clubs and two flop TV series (the revived Laugh-In, the Richard Pryor Show). Then, last fall, ABC unveiled its new offerings for the 1978-79 season. Robin Williams, 26, was given the lead in Mork & Mindy, a spacy sitcom, and he became what the moguls love to call an overnight star. For once the Hollywood hyperbole is actually appropriate; Mork & Mindy is often at the top of the charts and is seen by an average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Manic of Ork: Robin Williams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...Flip Flop...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Cold Weather and Winds Send Planes Over College | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

...Christmas, and when you bend back I'm looking right into the new year."). On "Soul Man" Cropper delivers the same great riff he's been playing for years, and fellow MG Duck Dunn's bass line is downright thunderous. " 'B' Movie Box Car Blues" and "Flip, Flop & Fly" are fine, though not up to the standards set by the album's other tracks...

Author: By Marc E. Raven, | Title: The Blues for Sure | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

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