Word: idolator
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...sport's first great television heroes, the Saturday idol of millions, long before anyone heard of Arnie Palmer or Wilt the Stilt or Johnny U. Thousands of people sent him letters and greeting cards, little children organized fan clubs in his name, his portrait appeared on the cover of TIME (May 31, 1954). When he lost the 1953 Kentucky Derby by a head to a 25-1 shot named Dark Star, fans turned from their TV sets in tears...
WHAT DID WE DO WRONG? A ponderous put-down of the contemporary foibles of young and old falls on its face as it peers into the generation gap. Devotees of Paul Ford may be amused by their idol in a hippie getup, but others will consider Wrong? more absurd than theater...
HENRY, SWEET HENRY lured theatergoers into picking up $400,000 worth of tickets in advance of its opening. These venture-capitalists have a dismal evening in store for them. The musical concerns itself with a pair of schoolgirls who spend off-hours spying on a concert-stage idol (Don Ameche). When he is not pounding the keyboard, he dallies with suburban and urban matrons. The music is tuneless, the lyrics witless, and the dances could pass for mass hopscotch...
...white, exactly what steps should be taken to eliminate poverty in the United States by 1975: "We propose and insist that poverty in America can and must be abolished within ten years." Be assured this is no whistling in the dark: "Before we kneel supinely before the false idol of what we 'cannot afford,' we should appraise realistically the potentials of the U.S. economy...
Into this congregation walks Charlie Hook, strewing cigarettes, tarts, Playboys, and liquor bottles--disrupting the Mother worship. The children make him their new idol. After all, he's Mother's husband...