Word: mutt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...omnipresent Garfield leads chic Filene's long parade of stuffed animals which also includes "Le Mutt," and a series of overweight critters known collectively as the "Potbellies." Fancy dolls range up to $185 at Jordan Marsh across the street, and many if not all of these top-of-the-line items are incapable of performing any bodily functions...
...Brontosaurus. As far back as 1909 a Carnegie expedition found two headless Brontosaurus skeletons in Utah with an elongated skull lying a few feet away. But by the time the bones had arrived back East, a smaller skull was found mixed with the larger dinosaur skeletons, making an improbable Mutt-and-Jeff match, so the discovery was ignored...
Chief among those ignoring the mutt's wails is Producer Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan), who, when he is not staring sightlessly at the trade papers reporting that his latest film, Night Wind, has set a new record for low grosses and bad reviews, is trying to kill himself. He doesn't even notice when his wife Sally (Julie Andrews), the star of his disaster, leaves with both kids and most of the family motor pool. Down to his last Cadillac, his suicide attempts going unnoticed at the orgy his pals are staging to take their minds...
...movie whose dramatis personae include a lovable old coot (Richard Farnsworth), a wisdom-of-the-ages granny (Eva Le Gallienne), a six-year-old victim of cancer and a Benji-type mutt is pouring itself a tub of bathos. One actor falls in: Roberts Blossom, whose Old Testament gaze and sucked-in gums make the American Gothic farmer seem as jolly as a game-show host. But most of the performers bring craft and conviction to their roles. Shepard is especially fine. This gifted young playwright, whose works show an inside knowledge of America's prodi gal sons...
Analysts and theater critics agree that Queen's release indicates Iranian production values may be changing. "I think we're seeing a new, softer Khomeini," says Walter Mutt of The New York Times. "He's still living in a glass house, but he's getting other people to throw his stones...