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Merv seemed lusterless after dark; his whoopee all seemed to come from an aerosol can that went poof. In the latest ratings, Carson was more securely than ever the nation's midnight idol, commanding a healthy 37% of the audience, compared with a measly 15% for Griffin. ABC's Joey Bishop is third, with 12%. The remaining 36% of the viewers are watching old movies and other shows scheduled by independent channels and network-affiliated holdouts...
Tarnished Idol. The decline only confirms a malaise that frustrated consumers have already sensed as they cope with power blackouts, telephone breakdowns, transportation delays and an increasingly paralytic postal service. For years, businessmen and politicians have worshiped economic growth. Today that idol is tarnished by inflation and pollution. "We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities," John Gardner, chairman of the Urban Coalition, said last week in Washington, "until we reach a final state of affluent misery -Croesus on a garbage heap." Slower economic growth, which is part of the Administration's recipe for battling inflation, might...
...Idol Worship...
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM is Woody Allen's new comedy, in which he plays a woefully unconfident young man trying desperately to be as successful with girls as his idol, Bogey...
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM is Woody Allen's new comedy, in which he plays a woefully unconfident young man trying desperately to be as successful with girls as his idol, Bogey...