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...least everyone was talking the same language. When Viacom's Jonathan Dolgen warned that putting ratings on shows might make the networks shy away from strong programs like NYPD Blue in favor of more frivolous fare like Starsky and Hutch, the nation's chief Baby Boomer reacted with mock offense: "I have a deep emotional attachment to Starsky and Hutch...
Based on the results, about 10 percent of the students played a mock Jeopardy game. Only 15 students were eventually invited to appear in the tournament...
...opposed to SNL's 19. There is no guest host or regular musical act, and surely part of the appeal for teenagers lies in the assurance that they can tune in and never be confronted with the image of 1970s star (and eternal guest host) Chevy Chase in a mock game show or a Paul Simon--Edie Brickell duet. Significantly, Mad TV boasts a more balanced cast than its competitor. Among the group of eight there are three women and three black cast members. SNL's larger troupe of 11 features three women and only one black cast member...
According to the event program, a Memorial Hall dinner in the early 1900s included mock turtle soup, fried codfish and pork scraps, Welsh rarebit, stewed kidneys in wine sauce, canvas back ducks, lamb tongues and canned corn, with mince pie for dessert...
...seem like a political neophyte, Forbes actually got his start early, when he and his Bedminster, New Jersey, neighbor Christie Todd (now the Governor of his home state) were chosen to present dolls to Pat Nixon for Tricia and Julie during the 1952 campaign. He used to hold mock elections for his stuffed animals, and could rattle off by heart the state voting patterns county by county...