Word: kiddingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...same pioneer ruling class of wealthy agribusinessmen and industrialist power-brokers who first came to Arizona a century ago to engage in the kind of business practices that were illegal in the less-permissive East. With or without Don Bolles, the lawless spirit of Arizona's Billy-the-Kid days still prevails...
There is little disagreement in the swimming community that some kind of code, after years of reported incidents of misbehavior by U.S. athletes, is necessary. "We're responsible," explained International Subcommittee chairman Mike Troy, "not only to these kids and their parents but to all kids who want to try out for the U.S. team, and to all the AAU members and cardholders who foot the bill for the trips. When a kid makes the U.S. team, we have to guarantee to everyone involved that a certain standard of behavior will be maintained. We have a difficult situation here...
There really isn't a weak song on the rest of Side 1, either. "Messin' With the Kid" features some fine guitar work by Murphy and especially Steve Cropper, the legendary Memphis session man, producer, and mainstay of Booker T. and the MGs. Belushi smooths out his vocal delivery a bit in "Almost," and Tom Scott of the L.A. Express handles the sax break as the rest of the horn section punches away. Next comes Aykroyd's only solo number, a wonderfully obscure bit of nonsensical babbling called "Rubber Biscuit" which is, believe it or not, quite faithful...
...like that-it was just 'Good bye, Kid,' in a most ordinary way under most extraordinary circumstances." In such passages the props of career and success are suddenly swept away, and To Have and Have Not becomes much more than a movie title...
...loser in the ensuing chaos is Tomlin. As written by Wagner, the film's heroine is defined more by brand names (Gucci, Mercedes, Perrier) than emotions or intellect. There are only silly plot devices to motivate her on-again, off-again affair with the street-kid hero, Strip. Tom lin has so little to work with that she falls back on fey comic mannerisms and, finally, phony swoons and sighs. It is the first time that this usually empathetic actress has stood completely outside the character she is playing. Instead of creating a latter-day version of Anne Bancroft...