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...Heaven Can Wait (or whatever you want to call it) can be credited to author Harry Segall's virtuoso incorporation of every popular comedy element known to man into a two-hour script. This play has it all: mistaken identities, fumbling criminals, an adorable romance, a working-class mug playing a millionaire, a boxing match, some good black humor, and a whole bunch of scenes set in heaven with genuine angels...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Heaven Sent | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

...toes of his high-top sneakers, Ducey's Pendleton doesn't quite pull off the New Jersey punk of the script, but his portrayal of the native Boston variety is equally winning. There's something about a really thick Boston accent, liberally sprinkled with words like "dame" and "mug," that assures the audience they're dealing with a regular...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Heaven Sent | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

Thank heavens the Harvard Polaroid advances the film automatically. Eighteen seconds later and Burke's lining up for his mug shot...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Attack Keeps the Cameras Clicking | 11/23/1988 | See Source »

...disagreements among competitors can no longer disrupt the festivities -- and the cash flow for the regatta's host city. Although Fay approves of the idea, he still intends to go back to court to challenge last week's outcome. If the judge agrees that the cat was illegal, the mug will go to New Zealand. In that case, Conner said he'd just have to go Down Under and win it back again. Maybe the next time they'll both be sailing in turkeys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Cat's Cup | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...fact he had failed to learn about the young priest: his name. When the curate's trendy seminary pals come to the rectory for a meal, they grate on Joe by questioning the rule of celibacy and saying they wish they could celebrate Mass with a beer mug or a coffee cup. Joe snaps at them: "Life's not a cookout by Brueghel the Elder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Separation Of Church and Dreck WHEAT THAT SPRINGETH GREEN | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

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