Word: lobsters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every time an investment banker sits down with a client for Lobster Savannah and Dom Perignon at the Locke-Ober, you and I have to pick up about $73 dollars of their...
Hooper said the group--whose hits include "Rock Lobster" and "Private Idaho"--occasionaly plays college dates while on tour. The B-52's are touring to promote their new album Cosmic Thang, which includes the current hit "Love Shack". Hooper said there is no set ending date for the tour...
...pace quickens in the second act, which is saved by faster scenes and more entertaining song and dance. The White Knight (Tom Hale) does a rap to cheer Alice while the other actors dance. The final ensemble number, a "lobster dance" set to Beethoven, is funny and very original. The act drags only during a mainly unintelligible "Jabberwocky Battle," which leaves the audience guessing at its multi-lingual signifigance...
...else in the casino is dressed for mowing the lawn, Wishnick slinks into an azure silk ensemble with a slit up the side, slips a new seven-carat ring on her finger, straps on a pair of silver slippers and sips champagne before setting off for a meal of lobster thermidor. Then it's "Woooooooooow. O.K., roll those babies! Come on! Numbers! Numbers! Numbers!" As Wishnick screams louder and starts to shake all over, the crowd begins chanting, "Eight! Eight! Eight!" At the end of the roll, she walks away from the craps table $5,000 richer...
...Grand Bay Hotel in Coconut Grove, Fla., makes its own deliveries by limousine. Its dishes -- ranging from lobster to souffle -- arrive in plastic containers, although a full china service and other accessories are sent on request. The average bill for two, including tip: $100. Why are so many prepared to pay so much for the thrill of eating in their own homes? "People want convenience," says Jack Kellman of Chicago, who last year launched a company called Room Service Delivery. "There's no baby sitter, no parking and no coat check...