Word: mister
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...double album, is Zappa's 25th official release. In his nearly 15 years of recording and performing, Zappa has been the most persistent of rock's "enfants terribles." And yet, at the same time, his ingenuity has contributed much to the music. If he doesn't do drugs or Mister Rodgers imitations, he does have a knack for social satire that betrays an electric intelligence...
Blacked-Out Mister Dugan...
...that we've all heard from the Black Congressional Caucus, the N.A.A.C.P., Norman Lear, et al, I think it only fair that you listen to one of the writers and creators of the canceled Mister Dugan [March...
...trouble was that Mister Dugan who was played by Cleavon Little, was no only black but also a Congressman. After consulting with blacks in Los Angeles and Washington, Lear decided that Mister Dugan was not the sort of man he would want to vote for. "We felt we were ineffectively presenting a black Congressman as a role model," he says. "We want our black legislator to do as good a job showing how compassionate a politician can be as Marcus Welby did in showing how good a doctor could be. It's painful...
...gain ground in the ratings on ABC. Sunday is the network's best night, starting with 60 Minutes and All in the Family, both of which are in Nielsen's top ten, and ending with the still untested Just Friends and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. Mister Dugan was given the favored 8:30 spot after All in the Family and was expected to provide a strong bridge to Alice. Lear's cancellation, probably unprecedented at such a late date, confounded CBS'S programmers. They apparently had nothing else new to replace it and filled...