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...rethought every number and provided a legendary theatrical event. Alas, only a few thousand people saw that show; millions will be able to see this hand-me-down version. Robert Frost said that poetry is what's lost in translation. All A Chorus Line lost here was its soul. Hey, kids, put the show back onstage. --By Richard Corliss
...much so that when a derelict wanders by, desperate to strike up a monologue, he asks a gaggle of teens, "Excuse me, do you speak American?" This guy is a rap artist without synthesizer, improvising an autobiography as he addresses the girls, and they pretend not to notice him. "Hey, Elaine baby, did you know I played high school basketball with Akeem Olajuwon? An' I was quarterback for the Jets. An' my seven sisters were kidnaped and raised by the Chinese. An' . . ." But now Elaine and Denise and the others have reached the door, and the scat-chatting street poet...
...fill up my driveway. "His comment reached the local Red River Valley Potato Growers Association, which decided to prove the catcher-manager and new Houston Astros coach wrong by trucking 46 50-lb. boxes to his door. Berra's not telling, but what deliveryman could have resisted shouting, "Hey, Yogi, this spud...
When Author Carlos Fuentes, 57, was asked how he was enjoying his year at Harvard [PEOPLE, Dec. 23], he replied, "You don't have too much time to stop and say, 'Hey, I'm a celebrity,' because such things mean nothing in the face of death." I read the piece, shuddered, then ran my eyes back over it, hoping to find a mention of cancer or some other dread affliction. No such luck. Fuentes was apparently referring to his age. I am 57 and feel happy and horny. Don't do this to me, Carlos. Orson Bean Venice, Calif. Abandoned...
...archetypal know-it-all neighbor, country style. Ernest P. Worrell oafishly offers his two cents on any subject before screwing up his face and yelling his trademark "Hey Vern!" But that screwed-up face is the most effective ad phiz in the biz, now that Clara Peller has stopped demanding "Where's the beef?" Five years after his first commercial, Ernest has become a national phenomenon, appearing in nearly 3,000 television ads, almost all of them for local sponsors in 100 TV markets. Last week, on behalf of a soft drink and a bed company, he began assaulting viewers...