Word: fonz
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...theater companies take popular children's stories such as Aladdin, Cinderella and Snow White and spice them up with audience participation, cross-dressing, double entendres, sexual innuendo and deliberately hammy acting. Big stars have become a staple of the most lucrative shows in recent years - Henry Winkler, a.k.a. the Fonz, is currently starring as Captain Hook in a pantomime of Peter Pan in Liverpool, following in the footsteps of actors like Steve Guttenberg and Mickey Rooney. When done well, pantomimes draw huge crowds and revenue. When done poorly, they can do even better. (See pictures of the history of pantomime...
...amazing what they got away with, though. I don't know if you ever saw Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, that animated show. The premise was that the Fonz and Richie and Ralph and Potsie - all of whom did their own voices, amazingly - had a time machine, and each week they would travel to a different time. Never mind that the f______ thing is already set in the '50s. It just made no sense...
...Westerners take issues of conflict and rebellion in their art for granted. On top of a storied disinclination toward disestablishmentarianism, today’s China is a country in which social protests go unreported and family members routinely and quietly disappear. The longer I was there, the more the Fonz started to look like Sid Vicious.So how do the kids get their kicks on the mainland? Well, most of them listen to a style of music dominated by Jay Chou. With Korea-pop influenced songs such as “Romantic Cell Phone”—a title...
Milwaukee jumps shark, unveils bronze FONZ statue...
...cheese puffs. You may not get a tan in Cambridge, but at least a good buzz is a sure thing. TAKE A SHOT… 1. Every time you see Desperate Housewife Nicollette Sheridan in a high-cut bikini. 2. When you realize that the Fonz is the executive producer. 3. Every time a character says, “A Sure Thing.” 4. Whenever John Cusack says a pickup line that makes you cringe. For example: “How would you like to have a sexual experience so intense it could conceivably change your political views...