Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point, Bruce said something outrageously funny to a friend sitting across from him; two undergraduates who had been listening nearby with carefully disguised interest broke into laughter despite themselves, squinting at each other as if to say, "who is this guy?" When Bruce turned to share the laugh with them, they froze and went back to their food...
Rising to speak, Frank replied, "Mr. Speaker, it's true, I have introduced bills to legalize pornography, homosexuality and now prostitution but I promise my colleague that when I find something he likes, I'll stop." Despite the burst of laughter from the floor of the House, the bill failed...
...losers into winners, the coach (Paul Newman) converts the team from skaters into brawlers?tank-town versions of the old, notorious Philadelphia Flyers. His tactics are as low as the team's skills in language arts, and just as effective. Slowly one passes from shock to sympathy and laughter. One appreciates as well Director Hill's solid realization of the minor-league ambience?plasticized motels and bars, dreary arenas, the grubby team bus?and the brisk, vivid sketches of recognizable jock types with which he and Screenwriter Dowd* have peopled the Chiefs. Unquestionably, the film makers are at tempting...
...first act belongs entirely to the president's wife, played by Lizellen LaFollette. In fact, she speaks almost every line in the act, addressing either a mute servant or the bed once occupied by her puppy while trying to ignore the offstage laughter of the president and his masseur, who, we are told, spend their time telling each other jokes. LaFollette makes a Noble stab at rescuing the show, but her obvious talent is wasted. No one can deliver lines like "proceeds from the benefit will go to the Mongolian idiots" and look good. The President's wife does...
...makes the most of her first meeting at 13, over ginger cookies and lemonade, with the brilliantly blue-eyed naval cadet who was to become her husband. Whenever possible the subject is shown to smile. The jolly shrieks of bathtime splash parties as a child are succeeded by laughter rolling under the royal couple's bedroom door at night-at least according to the guards posted there. The Queen, Lacey maintains, is a fun girl at charades. He does not neglect to point out her kicking off her shoes while initialing documents at her desk or, kerchief on head...