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...want my Kramer vs. Kramer, my Ordinary People," he said finally. What Burt Reynolds wants is his Oscar. And not just to liven up his man-telpiece. One of the biggest box-office bonanzas of all time, Burt Reynolds wants only to be recognized as a fine actor of his time. It seems almost a paradox, for as he was uttering those selfsame words, Reynolds was basking in the glory of the Smokey and the Bandit films--box chase 'em variety. You could almost hear the Academy snickering. When Cannonball Run, the world's craziest automobile show since the Wacky...
...magazine experience, Felker is no stranger to New York newspapering. Before the old World Journal Tribune died in 1967, leaving the afternoon field to the Post, he was hired to help liven up the paper. Felker bridles at suggestions that he took the Tonight job so he could "zap Murdoch." He says he just wants to put out a solid afternoon paper "for people who have been in a news vacuum...
...something to criticize. Today the White House says, "Recent events have shown us that more dramatic efforts are in order. We need to show our determination to check Soviet aggression." The military requirements of defending American interests haven't changed much since then, but Carter feels a need to liven up the foreign policy drama he's writing...
...similar fashion, Stallone throws in some gratuitous gore. He inflicts upon us the sight of blood and mucus dripping from Freddy the Thumper's nose during an arm-wrestling match with Victor. He had to do something to liven up the long and boring scene, but this does not work...
...points. Then we successfully onsides kick the ball, recover it, and drive forty yards before Hodakowski catches a touchdown pass after pitching the ball to Ralph Polillio. That's not really the way it happened, I just thought I'd add a little multiflex to liven things...