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...Drink the Water is set in an American embassy somewhere behind the Iron Curtain. Ambassador Magee (John Wesson) has returned to the United States, and has left his son Axel (Josh Preven) in charge of the embassy during his leave. Unfortunately, Axel is a bumbling idiot who is everywhere followed by plagues of locusts and who has a tendency to wrap his lunch in peace treaties...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Ugly Americans | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

...show failed," says Weiss, "because you actually had to watch it." The series was filled with the kind of visual sight gags that made Airplane! a hit but which were ill suited to television viewers who are apt to iron a shirt or balance a checkbook instead of actually looking at the screen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTERVIEW | 12/2/1988 | See Source »

...liners fly in Don't Drink the Water, Woody Allen's play about a family of Ugly American tourists who are held as spies behind the Iron Curtain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stage Door | 12/2/1988 | See Source »

...chipped in from off the green on the final hole to win major tournaments. Both times, at the 1986 P.G.A. Championship and the 1987 Masters, Norman was the victim. He has placed second in two other majors, losing the 1986 Masters to Jack Nicklaus because of a wild 4-iron on the very last hole. Despite Olympian skills and what Nicklaus calls "virtually unlimited potential," Greg Norman has only one major-tournament victory under his belt; the Golden Bear, Nicklaus, has tucked away a record 18. Norman at age 33 is golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golfer GREG NORMAN: Just Shy of the Top | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

That night Mike Tyson had taken on one of his many soon-to-be defeated challengers. We all began talking about Iron Mike, and then Jason and I took some jabs against each other, imagining the cheering crowd, fancying ourselves contenders for the heavyweight crown. We had both come to see The Game. Along the way, we had the fortune to catch up on a game...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Michigan, Coach Bo and The Game | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

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