Word: greaser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pair have had flops (Goodtime Girls, Joanie Loves Chachi) as well as hits. But they have gained a reputation in TV circles as expert fix-it men, skilled at tinkering with shows and playing up the elements that work. Their legendary success was boosting the role of Fonzie, the greaser with a heart of gold, in Happy Days. "Basically, the concept of a show is merely a vehicle to get it launched," says Boyett. "What keeps it going is the ability to present characters people want to follow...
...movie about Oklahoma teenagers (based on the S.E. $ Hinton novel) into a lyrical, lovingly crafted TV series. Class conflict is the theme: the three Curtis brothers, scraping along together after the death of their parents, are part of a wrong-side-of-the-tracks crowd known as the Greasers. Their snooty, letter-sweatered antagonists are called the Socs (that's So-shes). The show pushes its James Dean angst a bit hard ("What do I got? Nothin'! Just another greaser goin' nowhere"). But the milieu is sharply etched, and rarely have the disaffected been so affecting. The best drama series...