Word: jacked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enthusiastic crowds who chanted "Win, Jesse, win!" He dominated the newscasts by popping up in unusual situations, such as his visit with inmates in the Wayne County jail. "I know people who four years ago wouldn't be caught in the same county with Jesse Jackson," said Political Analyst Jack Casey. "Now they're going to his events. They're charmed by him. They know they are going to get only one chance to vote for Jesse...
...recorded I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts. Once a boy blimp who weighed 240 lbs., Griffin shed a third of that bulk so he could sing on stage. He later had a brief movie career, which included one line in a Doris Day film. Guest appearances for Jack Paar, Johnny Carson's predecessor in NBC-TV's late-night spot, won Griffin his own daytime talk show in 1960, which he syndicated. It was so successful that in 1969 CBS offered him $80,000 a week for a show opposite Carson...
...with Latino magic, and John Wayne might peacefully coexist with Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The spirits may stir up a gust of wind, a kind of Milagro airlift, to bring the good word to town. And a cowboy (James Gammon) with a forbidding face -- you figure him to be the Jack Palance villain from Shane -- may up and save your life. Nobody will get hurt, except in the pride. Finally, the village will erupt into an alfresco fiesta, and the bad cop (Christopher Walken) will smile conspiratorily on his way out of town...
Most industry observers seem satisfied with Fox's bumpy progress. "I think they're just about where they and we expected them to be at this time," says Jack Otter, a senior vice president of McCann-Erickson advertising. Admits Kellner: "When you're going against companies that have the power of ABC, CBS and NBC, you're taking on a pretty heavy job. It's like climbing Mount Everest." The first small steps up have been encouraging enough for the viewer to hope that the ascent continues...
...Louis (95-67, NL East, first): So long, Jack Clark and hello, Bob Horner? This is not Japan, Big Bob (.327, 31 HR, 73 RBI in 93 Japanese games). The Cards will need some punch from Willie McGee and Tommy Herr (.263, 2 HR, 83 RBI). John Tudor (10-2) and the rest of the staff will have to keep the runs on the low side for the Cards to even think of repeating. Best player: McGee...