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...late '60s but felt compelled to add that not only had he not liked it, he had not even inhaled -- an assertion that many others who had smoked marijuana, then and later, found hilariously unbelievable. Clinton could have avoided the whole brouhaha, and what is threatening to become grist for a million late-night-TV jokes, by just saying "Yes, and so what?" the first time he was asked...
...become as comforting to millions of viewers as warm wool pajamas: McMahon's booming, endlessly imitated introduction ("Heeeeeere's Johnny"); the natty golf swing that signals the end of the opening monologue; Carson's nervous tics (fiddling with his tie, drumming a pencil on the desk), which have provided grist for impressionists from Rich Little to Dana Carvey. The program has had moments of great theater, from Tiny Tim's wedding to Miss Vicki to Michael Landon's poignant last appearance to discuss his terminal cancer. But mostly the show has succeeded because of its cozy familiarity. Critic Kenneth Tynan...
...while the excitement up and down Elm provided grist for reporters, many were nonplussed by the crowds. After passing through the circus-like scene, one voter intentionally kicked over a public garbage...
...murder trial is that the television cameras are making a circus out of it. This is not surprising; television is always the whipping boy of the so-called serious Americans. But, especially in this case, it is the print media which have turned this trial into a sham and grist for the daily gossip pages. In short, the print media's coverage of the William Kennedy Smith trial has been atrocious...
...writer-producers' families provide grist for their creations, as do their divorces or memberships in the Alcoholics Anonymous-style self-help programs that are the rage in Los Angeles these days. In a recent episode of Anything but Love, Hannah and her boyfriend Marty frolicked under the sheets for nearly the whole half-hour. The concept "was entirely drawn out of my passionate relationship with my wife," says executive producer Peter Noah. "We have also had plenty of fights, and if I get my way, every one of them is going to end up on television." Don Reo, creator...