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...world where letter turners become superstars, it is perhaps not surprising that Wheel of Fortune, an almost comically unassuming game show, is the highest-rated syndicated series in television history. Or that the venerable game-show genre has suddenly hit the jackpot once again. Following the No. 1-rated Wheel of Fortune, two more games, Jeopardy! and The New Newlywed Game, currently rank in the top five on A.C. Nielsen's list of the most-watched syndicated shows (those sold directly to local stations by independent syndicators rather than distributed through the networks). In addition to the ten games aired...
...means, for the benefit of the great unwashed who have never seen a Pudding show, that every slice of dialogue is a self-transcending attempt at stupider jokes than the ones before. And the authors have outdone themselves this year. Whether it's the Bible, Consumer Reports, or the game-show circuit, Jess Bravin and Peter Sagal have plumbed the depths of Americana, Harvardiana, banality and even hallowed Tradition to create some of the longest strings of groan-inducing one-liners in history...
...more than 20 years, Luis Vigoreaux and Lydia Echevarría ranked as Puerto Rico's leading husband-and-wife show biz team−he as the island's top TV game-show host, she as his co-host and a favorite soap-opera actress. Then, early last year, their lives went awry. The couple were on the verge of divorcing, and Vigoreaux was planning to marry a younger woman. On Jan. 17 his charred body, which showed at least eleven stiletto-type stab wounds, was discovered stuffed in the trunk of his red Mercedes-Benz...
Shrewd and stupid, sly and blustering, but always coolly gliding to some strong rhythm only he can hear, Venkman is a brilliantly observed caricature of the contemporary urban male. At one point Weaver, representing the reality principle, informs him that he seems less a scientist than a game-show host. But he is a far more amusing figure. He is, in fact, some ultimate Yuppie, seemingly stoned on fern-bar manners, mores and folk wisdom. His utter imperviousness to anything that cannot be comprehended in those basic materialist terms is finally a more potent weapon than all the atomic gadgetry...
...upstart airlines are succeeding by finding markets either overlooked or ignored by the big trunk carriers. One such newcomer is Hawaiian Pacific, a new Los Angeles-based airline that has begun advertising nonstop service to Honolulu. Founded by a former TV game-show producer, Hawaiian Pacific plans to serve 15 mainland cities as far east as New York City, where nonstop flights to Hawaii have mostly been unavailable. Still awaiting the resolution of questions about its financing and Civil Aeronautics Board certification, the new airline hopes to begin service on Feb. 15 with five leased 747s. After only two weeks...