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...Napalm is a chemical agent developed by U.S. scientists in the 1940s. When added to gasoline it forms a gel which can be dispersed over a wide area by a bomb. The gel sticks to whatever it hits until it slowly consumes itself. It causes fourth degree burns...
Then there are the "Chesterfields," the black doo-wop group that teams up with frustrated song writer Laraine Newman (Carole King). The scene in which they meet and Newman reaches them her song captures the same special moment, the gel point of the music, which is really quite effective. Another such moment occurs when the 12-year-old leader of the Buddy Holly Fan Club sits with Freed and starts to cry as he recalls the news of Holly's death...
...didn't score as much as we like, but that didn't bother us. We played with a lot of patience, and if a team is patient, opportunities will come. Our offense clicked at times, but we had trouble finishing off our plays. We are beginning to gel and we're waiting for a explosion," the Minnesota native said...
...ingredients are all there; it's just a question of when they are going to gel," Kleinfelder said...
Both CBS and ABC hired her for specials, with the possibility of a regular show, but the Sixth Avenue hot-shots ran nervously for their Di-Gel every time she appeared on the screen. Tomlin, went the word, was not safe-something Lily could have told them at the start. Says she: "Commercial television specializes in escapist fantasy. I deal with culture reality." Adds Jane Wagner, who co-produced two of the TV specials: "The network bosses think Lily is a genius, but they are also scared to death...