Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most endearing character, Jimmy (Robert Downey), fills a comic relief role perfectly. He befriends Morgan on the rather hectic first day. Subsequently he helps several scenes attain a refreshing originality missing from the bulk of the work. He is an atypical California rock musician, with a quirky sense of humor. The best scene of the entire movie begins with the pursuit of Morgan by Nick's car (the same one which demolished his bike). Just at the moment when you think he will be killed by the raging Ford Mustang, out pops Jimmy from the driver's seat! He obtained...
...entire vestibule and half the pinochle game reply smugly: "Listen, you gotta have a lot of humor and a tremendous amount of stoicism to survive the Long Island Rail Road." Each, hardier than thou, recounts a tale of endurance. "You should have been here yesterday. The people who change at Jamaica got on a train that already had passengers from two trains loaded onto it. Then they rode out to the middle of Queens Village and stopped for an hour. No explanation. No seats. No air." The man crouched on his briefcase one-ups: "You should have been here last...
Lord, remind me to excise that last verse before Monday. They tell me he has a sense of humor, but who am I to test...
...allowed to venture into the "forbidden zone." The family seems terribly blase about all this, but no more so than the series' creators: folks on this planet wear cardigan sweaters and three-piece suits remarkably like our own. Still, the show moves quickly, has sparks of humor and just might catch on. The final lesson, after all, is that TV "breakthroughs" often occur where you least expect them...
...Regan was in good humor last Friday morning when he discussed his new job with TIME White House Correspondents Laurence I. Barrett and Barrett Seaman. With a big grin, he displayed a baseball bat aides had given him as a weapon in his new post. But he was also serious in describing his fighting trim. "At age 25," he said of his World War II service in the Marines, "I had 900 men under me in battle. If you don't think that seasons you for combat in Washington later in your life, you're crazy." Other highlights...