Word: legit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...figment of Breslin's fertile Gaelic fancy, will no longer read about his exploits in the papers. At 39, Breslin is giving up newspapering, the only job he's known. Among others, his decision saddens Fat Thomas, the 350-lb. New York bookie, who has gone so legit since Breslin began writing him up that he now works as an actor. "Jimmy says to hell with the big people," says Fat Thomas. "His whole thing is helpin' little people." Now Jimmy has decided to help himself. He has stopped writing his column for the New York Post...
...voice-over continuity. Edward G. Robinson poured for Maxwell House coffee. Jack Benny promotes Texaco gasoline. George Burns puffs El Producto cigars. Sometimes the process is reversible. Actress Barbara Feldon was a sexy slink of a salesgirl for Top Brass hairdressing ("Sic 'em, tiger") before she went big on legit TV as co-star of Get Smart! Pam Austin, the original Dodge girl, is now a member of the cast of Rowan and Martin's Laugh...
...stand as Dolly at the Riviera in Las Vegas. That brings to eleven the number of you broads who have played, are playing and will play the role. I'm not counting Barbra Streisand, who will do the movie next year because-well, Hollywood just isn't legit. Besides, I only had a piece of Funny Girl...
...plays by Edward Albee (Malcolm), Tennessee Williams (Slapstick Tragedy), and William Inge (Where's Daddy?) succumbed in swift succession, could fairly be declared a calamity and Broadway a disaster area. With Merrick's offerings, 1965-66 will be recorded as a minor sinking spell in the long decline of legit...
With Broadway productions sliding into the summer doldrums, it was the time to assay the season, and the statistics were grim. ONE OF 'WORST' LEGIT SEASONS, headlined Variety, while the New York Times intoned, THE THEATER TODAY: NO PLACE FOR DRAMA. In 52 attempts, 36 shows flopped, ten got into the black, and six are still struggling. Financially, of the $8,097,040 invested, $5,742,863 went down the drain, which does not take into account the six productions financed at $1,156,854 that died before reaching Broadway...