Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brandon Stoddard, 41, is the ivy League whiz kid who proved that networks can do better-quality programming and get high ratings at the same time. A senior vice president at ABC, Stoddard invented the mini-series back in 1974 with his presentation of QB VII. Since then, Stoddard has pulled good Nielsens with topical and historical programs: Friendly Fire; Rich Man, Poor Man; Washington: Behind Closed Doors; and, of course, Roots, the most watched program in television history. "We are trying to offer something unique and compelling. True events are rare these days," says Stoddard, who will also begin...
...this nonsense about what a big, happy family we all are and how well they treat their fans. It's all lies. Lies. If we're so happy a family...I know a lot of parents where I live and none of them would even think of sending their kid to Cleveland...
...that matter, real-life adolescent goofiness, Dave's manner of asserting himself is singular, and also hilarious, especially as it bounces off Paul Dooley's expert exasperation as his dad and the wry, wise patience of Barbara Barrie's lovely performance as his mother. But the kid is not totally off the wall. It turns out that he is a talented, self-taught bicycle racer and that his fondness for things Italiano is really a reflection of his admiration for that nation's pre-eminence in the sport. Cycling becomes more than a pastime...
...FRISCO KID...
...Frisco Kid just misses being very good, perhaps because although Wilder is funny and endearing, we never quite believe in the character he plays. He is not really a pure Polish rabbi, he is Gene Wilder doing bits. We are asked to laugh at all too human failings, as we laugh at Tevye's in Fiddler on the Roof, but through some lapse of direction or acting, we are never really shown a man. - John Skow