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While focusing on Bush's status as a sitting vice president, though, most of these pundits missed the gig on Dukakis--no Democratic governor from Massachusetts has ever won the presidency. So it really was no big shocker that Bush won four years ago, despite the historical hurdles he had to clear...
...Uncle Max with the pants the size of New Jersey." He learned show-biz patter, pulling his chair alongside the old Magnavox TV and pretending to be the next guest on the Jack Paar show, peeking down Jayne Mansfield's dress and rolling his eyes, flacking his latest gig. "You know, Jack, I'm really looking forward to eighth grade. A lot of interesting transfers, some hot new teachers -- it's going to be a good year...
...dressing band whose members have appeared on Oprah, Sally Jessy Raphael and Geraldo. Chuck (pictured below, the brunette to the right of Captain Kirk) told us that Temptress's agent performed genetic experiments on the band as part of their contract. "One day we were on stage playing a gig," he said, "and suddenly we all turned into women...
Costas' tightly formatted half time shows often allow sports figures to get away with bitter cant and shameless self-promotion. It's a gig Costas is eager to outgrow. During the Games he is determined to curtail Olympic hype, and he intends to refrain pointedly from calling every upcoming event "exciting" and every confrontation "critical." Even with the tape delays necessitated by time differences, Costas will cover events as they happen, a high-wire act that will show off his considerable ad-lib talents...
...dissolution of the elder Elvis, a star Murphy much admired. He put on weight and acted like a jerk. Cockiness shaded into arrogance. He seemed to guest-star in his own films (Harlem Nights, Another 48 HRS.), touring them with the grudging ennui of a celebrity at a Kiwanis gig somebody had booked for him. The star was now as remote as Alpha Centauri. A squadron of bodyguards kept him cocooned in satiety, assuring that no fan would rush up to ask, "Weren't you Eddie Murphy...