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...steer well clear of overt patriotic messages. Sensitive to charges that some ads appearing in the months after Sept. 11 crossed the line of good taste (and didn't help their clients either), agencies plan to fill the 30-sec. spots, which cost about $2 million apiece, with safer, funnier fare. "Anything that refers to Sept. 11 is dangerous," says Robert Scarpelli, chief creative officer at DDB Chicago, whose clients include Anheuser-Busch and McDonald's. "When people think you're using patriotism to sell products, they'll turn you off in a second." In focus groups of consumers conducted...
...Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Craig Kilborn, star of CBS's Late Late Show, deadpanned that the Secret Service wrestled the pretzel to the ground, but he continues to bar jokes at Bush's expense. The pretzel debacle didn't change his mind. "I think this story will become funnier," he says, "when Dan Quayle spells pretzel with...
...said it before and I’ll say it again—I don’t believe there has been a funnier play written than Noises Off. For those unacquainted with the show or deprived of a visit to it in recent years, this production may be satisfactory. Yet, that it is merely funny and not hilarious makes it a tremendous let-down. Of all the times I have seen the show, including the inconsistent movie and the current London revival, I have never laughed less than at this production. The play is still funny—there...
...ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING," BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (UPN) You could apply the title of this audacious musical episode to the whole season of Buffy, which survived an acrimonious move from the WB to return smarter, funnier and dramatically richer than ever. Who'd have thought creator Joss Whedon (who taught himself piano to write the episode's surprisingly tuneful score, as well as the nimble lyrics) studied his Sondheim along with his sarcophagi...
Another area in which Urinetown shines is its self-conscious narrative, principally delivered by Officer Lockstock (do you even have to ask if his partner’s name is Barrel?) and sometimes prompted by questions from Little Sally. The dialogue between the two is far funnier than it has any right to be. After a drippy and yet oddly charming love song, Little Sally muses that Hope, the female ingénue, loves her male counterpart, Bobby. “Of course, she does,” replies Officer Lockstock breaking down into tears in his best tribute...