Word: hutch
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...husky character actor, comedian and brother of Oscar winner Sean Penn; of unknown causes; in Santa Monica, Calif. Best known as Nice Guy Eddie, the gauche son of a crime boss in Reservoir Dogs, Penn played mostly supporting roles on both sides of the law--a cop in Starsky & Hutch and a convict in Rush Hour. His latest movie, The Darwin Awards, premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival...
...foreigner who grew up without a television, one of Daver's biggest challenges was becoming fluent in U.S. culture and customs. So, to better relate to Americans, she spent countless hours watching re-runs of home-grown TV classics like "Leave It To Beaver," "Dallas," "Starsky and Hutch," "The Brady Bunch," and "Mash." From those shows, she learned about American language, slang, humor, and other pop-cultural references that she herself made use of to help break the ice and shoot the breeze with others in the dorms, and later, in corporate cafeterias...
...Hutcheson tried one more time: ?So we've got to give these groups-? But the president cut him off: ?Very interesting question, Hutch,? which provoked laughter...
...reliving their youth is remaking it. "Movie people these days are people who were very influenced by pop culture," says Hazzard producer Gerber. "And our tastes gravitate toward what I call comfort programming. It's why sometimes you want to go to A&W root beer. Starsky and Hutch? The Lord of the Rings? These things, if you were born in the '50s and '60s, are very relevant. If I could make a Beatles movie, I'd make a Beatles movie...
...comfort programming can make studio accountants uncomfortable. Starsky and Hutch did O.K. as a Ben Stiller--Owen Wilson romp last year, but many TV blowups--like The Mod Squad, My Favorite Martian and Steve Martin's Sgt. Bilko--tanked. (Then again, Martin bringing his spin to Inspector Clouseau in this summer's remake of The Pink Panther--that has us smiling already...