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...fine folks at SNL Studios-the comedic minds that brought us such romps as Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, and Superstar-it's become a matter of habit. And they're at it again with The Ladies Man, the film that expands on the life and misadventures of Leon Phelps, the radio talk show host who shocks audiences with his raunchy (but honest) advice on matters of (physical) love...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ladies Man Gets Surefire Laughs | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

...favorite SNL regular Tim Meadows brings Leon Phelps to the big screen in all of his pimping glory, complete with afro, disco threads, and that ridiculous lisp. With a much longer time slot to play with, the filmmakers really got a chance to flesh out the details of Leon's womanizing world, from the love candles, Kama Sutra posters, and bottle of Courvoisier that grace his radio booth when he's on the air, to his bachelor pad-a boat house that he fittingly calls his "Skank-tuary." And of course, we get to hear all the best Leon-isms...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ladies Man Gets Surefire Laughs | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

...best of all, we get to see the origin of the infamous sexpert, from his early days in the swinging seventies, growing up in a Hugh Hefner-esque mansion filled with beautiful ladies. After sleeping with the house-master's wife, Leon is tossed out of the mansion into an unsuspecting world-a world he takes by storm with his philosophy of free love and more free love. When he meets Julie (Karyn Parsons), a beautiful radio station employee on the mend from a busted relationship, the Ladies Man show is born...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ladies Man Gets Surefire Laughs | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

...hatchet job." And even moderate Republicans from the International Relations ?ommittee say they were kept at arm's length because the report's authors, under the leadership of California representative Christopher Cox, "get nervous when you try to inject some truth into the proceedings." Gore's foreign policy advisor, Leon Fuerth, declined to speak with TIME about the report, his staff complaining they had no access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report That Could Shoot Its Authors in the Foot | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...Leon Jaroff and Brad Liston/Earth

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beam This Up | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

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