Word: janes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still a stereotypical upbringing for most kids: the boys mostly played baseball and the girls mostly played house (and together they played doctor, but that's another topic altogether). No one had ever heard of some girl slugging her way into the Little League, and the idea that little Jane might spend her after-school hours playing basketball or lacrosse was quite "revolutionary...
...FIRST THING Richard Pryor tells us when he reaches the podium (to do the first lap in the night's relay of guest hosts) is: "I'm here to tell you why no blacks are going to be nominated tonight, for anything." None were. Jane Fonda is another guest host. Hanoi Jane announces Lillian Hellman, who praises this younger generation for inviting her after all the years she was blacklisted. The audience gives Hellman a standing ovation; we could not help thinking of all the stalwarts in the theater who probably played strong supporting roles in Hellman's feeding...
...Says Jane Wagner, her friend and collaborator: "I don't know how she takes on the personalities of these characters. I've never seen her rehearse to get them, or stand in front of a mirror experimenting. She just gets up and does them. It's a comedic possession, but maybe demonic possession is just around the bend...
...Sixth Avenue hot-shots ran nervously for their Di-Gel every time she appeared on the screen. Tomlin, went the word, was not safe-something Lily could have told them at the start. Says she: "Commercial television specializes in escapist fantasy. I deal with culture reality." Adds Jane Wagner, who co-produced two of the TV specials: "The network bosses think Lily is a genius, but they are also scared to death...
...Angeles, Lily shares a house off the Sunset Strip with Jane Wagner, who is also 37. Born in Tennessee, Wagner began writing for TV when she failed to score as an actress; she won a Peabody Award in 1969 for a children's show about a black child growing up in New York. Since then, she has won three Emmys producing and writing Lily's specials...