Word: luke
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...Oliver [209] of the Texas Rangers. 21. In 1905. every game of the Fall Classic was a shutout. Christy Matthewson of the victorious Giants won three of the contests. His teammate "Iron Man" Joe McGinity and Chief Bender of the Philadelphia A's threw the other shutouts. 22. Luke Appling won two titles for the Pale Hose with a .388 average in 1936 and .328 mark in 1943. 23. Richie Zisk of the visiting Chicago White Sox. 24. Lou Piniella of the Yankees and Marty Pattin of the Royals. 25. Ron Reed played with the Detroit Pistons: Bob Gibson...
This perceived national mood, combined with the basic human fascination with myth, has prompted some of the most successful of the new pseudo-mythical, comic book adventure films. Star Wars bears similarities to several ancient myths, including the Arthurian legend (note the parallels between Luke Skywalker and Arthur, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Merlin, etc.) and it seemed only a matter of time until a major studio would turn to an original tale and package it as a suped-up blockbuster. Whatever the social or corporate logic behind its conception. Boorman has made Excalibur an exhilirating, hugely entertaining film...
Fans will recognize the plot, which started unwinding several weeks ago in many parts of the country. But with 4½ additional hours, the writers have been able to introduce entirely new characters and create scenes that the film only hinted at. Luke Skywalker's best friend and boyhood hero, Biggs Starfighter, makes an appearance, for example, and the audience is in on the beginning of the most thrilling romance since Romeo and Juliet -the first encounter between Artoo Detoo and See Threepio...
...radio Wars' producers even recruited two members of the original cast for the series, Mark Hamill playing Luke and Anthony Daniels giving his inimitable English accent to Threepio. If Star Wars is a success, National Public Radio believes it may attract a whole new audience to radio drama, which was an entertainment staple until television displaced...
...fact, there already is such an audience, and as Luke was beginning his ad ventures on the air, the CBS Radio Mystery Theater was celebrating a kind of anniversary by sending out its 2,500th broadcast. Started in 1974 by Hunan Brown, whose own radio career dates back to 1929, Mystery Theater has presented everything from Dr. Jekylland...