Word: mikes
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...City co-owner and chief executive Andrew Alexander attributes this to the intelligence expected of cast members: "Respect your audience. Keep the bar as high as you can. Don't talk down to your audience, and don't go for the obvious joke." The troupe - whose early members included Mike Nichols, Joan Rivers and Del Close - became known for its brainy wit as seen in sketches like "Football Comes to the University of Chicago." The routine shows a coach's unsuccessful attempt to teach four students the rules of the game. But they can't seem to operate outside...
...years ago." Why is it higher? "I think it's only natural you're going to see that as soldiers come back [from war], you know, with the dwell time that they have [before returning to war], that we're going to have a higher rate." Last week, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said pressure on the Army means that for the next two years, soldiers will continue to ship off to their next combat tour without sufficient rest at home...
...sending MTV's programming president Tony DiSanto on the defensive. He told The Hollywood Reporter that "We actually did pull the word 'guidos' from voiceover and descriptions of the show. However, if [the roommates] refer to themselves that way, we let that exist as is." One of the roomies, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, doesn't see what the big deal is. A Guido, he says, is just "a good-looking Italian guy." (See a story about how to be Italian...
Academics will write their books and have their say. But they aren't going to affect the way Mike Sorrentino feels. Says "The Situation": "If hating is your occupation, I probably got a full time job for you." And while many say that Jersey Shore is a horror show, for one cast member named Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, it may be the beginning of a fairytale. As she says in the first episode, "I wanna marry a guido. My ultimate dream is to move to Jersey, find a nice, juiced, tan guy and live my life...
...Mike Tirico, lead golf announcer for ABC/ESPN, said, "The person putting on the TV is coming to watch golf. They're not coming for TMZ or Entertainment Tonight. I've heard people say, 'I don't want to hear that. We came to watch the game. If we want that other stuff, we'll go watch SportsCenter or read about it online.' Dwelling on it for two hours, when it's not impacting the competition, wouldn't make much sense." (See more about Tiger Woods...