Word: humor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unlike Parsons, Hedda had a sharp sense of humor, deliberately collected the showy hats that became a national joke-and the foundation of her fame. But Hopper was known for more than her topper. She continually outreported her rival, spoon-fed the fans endlessly with the trivia that thrills. Through Hedda, the readers learned that Clark Gable had not a tooth in his head, that Joan Crawford's compulsive cleanliness caused her to drop to her hands and knees and scrub the bathroom floor during a visit to SAC headquarters. The fans also got a sizable helping of bloopers...
...Meredith Wilson, 56, Minnesota. A warm man with a dry humor and an analytic mind, he is an ideal moderator who manages to shape meetings toward his own preconceived intent, yet with a democratic touch. He is chairman of the Institute of International Education and National Advisory Council on Education of Disadvantaged Children. He is a former history professor who was a Ford Foundation official and president of the University of Oregon before going to Minnesota...
...then there is Lockheed's biggest intangible asset, Vice President (for Advanced Projects) Clarence L. ("Kelly") Johnson, a $114,507-a-year (including bonuses) design genius who bosses the Burbank "skunk works," where Lockheed keeps its surprises a secret. Broadnosed, with piercing blue eyes and a bubbling humor, Johnson resembles a sober W. C. Fields. He decided to become a plane builder at twelve, joined Lockheed as soon as he won a master's in aeronautics from the University of Michigan. His drawing-board magic has created 19 of Lockheed's famed planes. Among them: the Hudson...
Belmondo seems to have enjoyed himself more in A Woman is a Woman than in That Man From Rio. This film permitted him to be much more relaxed and spontaneous, qualities very essential to his kind of humor. While A Woman is a Woman may not be Godard's best work, the film proves beyond dispute that outright comedy is well within the compass of the New Wave...
...nonbooks." His 25 volumes (eight published in 1965 alone) have sold more than 2,000,000 copies and have brought him about $250,000 in royalties and guarantees. The Kennedy Wit alone sold 110,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 1,000,000 in paperback. The Johnson Humor, unsurprisingly, hasn't done terribly well -just under 25,000 copies so far. But the "letters" volumes, particularly Love Letters to the Beatles and Love Letters to the Mets, are hot items. Adler has no intention of letting the fire cool. Two of his researchers are currently gathering up Dear...