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Welcome to Wrestling from New Jersey -- er, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, TV's wildest talk program. Since its debut two months ago on WWOR, the Secaucus, N.J.-based superstation, Downey's verbal slugfest has made Phil's and Oprah's "lively" discussions look like sherry-sipping college seminars. Critics are appalled ("A disgrace to television," said Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News), but ratings are rising, and blue-collar fans are flocking to the studio for tapings. After just two weeks, all the seats were booked through the end of the year...
Professional actor Perry Morton, who began playing Dr. Frank-n-furter in the flesh when he was 12, says playing in a Rocky Horror revue is more than just another role. "People get really wrapped up into it," he explains. "I went through a stage a few years ago when I dressed up as Frank every day for six months. Even today, sometimes I'll use Frank as a defense mechanism. I'll never be able to get my life away from...
...show] was always exciting, and it was usually different," says Morton, who quit the revue this summer after nine years of performing in theaters around the country, including the Harvard Square movie house...
Actors in the revue hypothesize that the show appeals to the fans' desires to be different. "People see a quality, maybe something hidden in themselves, in one of the characters," Morton says...
Despite its inconsistent play against Cornell, the Crimson secondary responded well against Dartmouth. First, it virtually erased All-Ivy receiver Craig Morton out of Dartmouth's game-plan with a stingy double coverage. Second, Frank Caprio picked up two key interceptions that led to Harvard scores...