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...recruits to Emerson Hall after class. So afterwards, I had to deal with these Brobdingagian teens who were full of questions about the architecture and curriculum. I got them lumbering over to Emerson as quickly as I could then sprinted to the Crimson building, just in time to hook up my recording equipment to the phone. Did you know that you can buy a phone tap at Radio Shack for six bucks? In fact, you can buy the basic components of a detonation mechanism there for less than you'd pay for a core class sourcebook. And if you need...
...pretty easy for college students to relate to. Helen (Virginia Madsen) is writing a doctoral thesis on urban myths at the University of Illinois-Chicago. In the course of her research, she stumbles upon the myth of Candyman, a mysterious being who rips people's guts out with a hook. After hearing that residents of a housing project attribute a recent murder to Candyman, she decides to investigate...
...this interracial family (from hell) is not to be. Helen kills Candyman and takes over for him as number one hook-wielding psychopath. The spirit of Candyman lives on, but in a lily white--albeit burnt--body. Racial integration is possible on a very limited scale. Whites can integrate Black culture but cannot mingle with Blacks...
...named Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers and broke into a he-man display of one-handed push-ups, Crystal kept a tally through the evening of Palance's imaginary aerobic progress ("Jack has just bungee-jumped off the HOLLYWOOD sign"). Following a huge production number from the movie Hook with dozens of children suspended from the ceiling, Crystal remarked, "You know, Palance is the father of all those kids." Reacting to the biggest glitch -- when 1920s director Hal Roach, instead of just taking a bow, stood at his seat with no microphone and gave a long, inaudible speech...
...calling it a day. He announced that after eight guilty pleas and convictions, he will present no more cases to the grand jury. Walsh still plans to prosecute former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and ex-CIA spy chief Clair George. But barring unforeseen evidence, the rest are off the hook...