Word: mel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about a dozen smoky-blue-rippled dinnerware glasses, all of which have long since gone the way of the broom and dustpan. But the old LP has persisted, and every year it comes out with the tinsel and the ornaments. And everyone in the family sings along as Mel Torme croons, "Chest-NUHHHHHTs roasting on an open (skip) nose. Yuletide carols being hung by (skip) Eskimos...." And, frankly, we all go out of our minds listening to the damn thing over and over...
...even outside chances. However, if the neighborhood bused candidates--Yancey, a Black running for the second time, Scondras, an antiarson expert, and political unknown Craig Lankhorst, a West Indian--run strongly, it will encourage a grass-roots, city-wide progressive political movement. That political movement, begun behind State Rep. Mel King's mayoral candidacy two years ago, could become the deciding constituency in the next mayor's race...
Screenplay by Mel Frohman...
Similarly, the look of the parody is just right. The 'Poon has done a tremendous job of reproducing People's graphics--easy-on-the-eyes letters, clear and direct headlines, snappy and readable captions. The design and photography--by Mel J. Horan and Nevin I. Shalit respectively-- make a big difference in the parody's professional look. The pictures reflect the writing style exactly--clear and non-judgmental, with no attempts at high art or even real insight. Particularly in the Three Mile Island article and a funny (if too-long) feature on a boxing nun, the camera's sympathetic...
Archy is not alone either. After the race, he and another sprinter, Frank Dunne become "mates" and head off to hop a freight train to Perth, where the underage Archy hopes to slip into the ranks of the Light Horse cavalry regiment. Dunne, as portrayed by Mel Gibson, provides a good foil for the golden-looking and piously good Archy. Sly but good natured, Dunne is an Irishman with little interest in fighting someone else's war but whom Archie finally cajoles into enlisting with remarks like "You have a greater responsibility to go...you're (big Australian twang...